Update user's own details - Exchange Control Panel 1

[disturbedone]

With ~400 staff we'd like to be able to allow users to adjust their own details that appear in the GAL. I've found they can do this on OWA under Options/See All Options but they can only update Contact Location and Contact Numbers. Is it possible for them to update other fields eg Title (job title) and Department???

There's obviously reasons why they can't update their own name, alias, manager etc but at a school job titles (and therefore departments) change regularly and it would be nice for the end user (or at least a manager eg HR) to be able to change these.

 

[58sniper]

ECP is somewhat limited. You can use third party tools like Directory-Update to allow users to change many more fields. It also has some validation features and a LOT of flexibility.

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[disturbedone]

Thanks. That looks great. I'll download the trial and give it a go.

The ability to add a photo would also be handy and it looks like that is possible. But it needs Outlook 2010 and we're on 2007 at the moment.

 

[fuego007]

Read up on Roles Based Administration in Exchange 2010. You can delegate this kind of function to one or more HR people, and they can make these changes through the OWA Administration console.

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[58sniper]

Which is fine for smaller orgs. But once you start to get a larger user base, this can be quite time consuming. Setting up an automated solution such as Directory Update (I'm a big fan) or using ECP, and prompting the user, distributes this load. Just my opinion.

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