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Brijs Blogging... Looking Beyond the Obvious

FYI: Outlook 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 goes into Extended Support

Posted over 3 years ago

Brijs

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Outlook 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 goes into extended Support from 4/14/2009

Exchange Server 2003 goes into Extended Support on 4/14/2009.
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&p1=1773&x=11&y=9
Outlook 2003 goes into Extended Support on 4/14/2009.
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=2520

What is the difference between Mainstream Support, Extended Support, and online self-help support?

Support provided	Mainstream Support phase	Extended Support phase
Paid support (per-incident, per hour, and others)	X	X
Security update support	X	X
Non-security hotfix support	X	Requires extended hotfix agreement, purchased within 90 days of mainstream support ending.
No-charge incident support	X	NA
Warranty claims	X	NA
Design changes and feature requests	X	NA
Product-specific information that is available by using the online Microsoft Knowledge Base	X	X
Product-specific information that is available by using the Support site at Microsoft Help and Support to find answers to technical questions	X	X

IMP: Microsoft will NOT accept requests for warranty support, design changes, or new features during the Extended Support phase.

To understand Support Lifecycle policy we can refer to Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy FAQ

To find the support timelines for other Microsoft products, visit the Select a Product for Lifecycle Information site (products listed by Product Family) or the Support Lifecycle Index site.

Brijs Blogging... Looking Beyond the Obvious

Remove all PST from the Outlook Mailbox using VBScript

Posted over 3 years ago

by Brijs
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If you would like to remove all of the Personal Folders file .PSTs attached to the Outlook Mailbox profile then we can use RemoveStore Method.

Here is a sample VBScript to perform the job for us:

NOTE: Following programming examples is for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This sample code assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. This sample code is provided for the purpose of illustration only and is not intended to be used in a production environment.
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'Sample script to remove Personal Folders files (.pst) from the current MAPI profile or session
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RemoveAllPST
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Sub RemoveAllPST()
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Dim objOL 'As New Outlook.Application
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Dim objFolders 'As Outlook.MAPIFolders
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Dim objFolder 'As Outlook.MAPIFolder
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Dim i 'As Interger
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Dim strPrompt 'As String
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Set objOL = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
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Set objFolders = objOL.Session.Folders
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For i = objFolders.Count To 1 Step -1
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On Error Resume Next
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    Set objFolder = objFolders.Item(i)
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    'Prompt the user for confirmation
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    If (InStr(1, objFolder.Name, "Mailbox") = 0) And (InStr(1, objFolder.Name, "Public Folders") = 0) Then
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    strPrompt = ""
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    strPrompt = "Are you sure you want to remove " & objFolder.Name
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    If MsgBox(strPrompt, vbYesNo + vbQuestion) = vbYes Then
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        objOL.Session.RemoveStore objFolder
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    End If
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    End If
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Next
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End Sub
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We can also refer to the article mentioned below related to RemoveStore Method:

NameSpace.RemoveStore Method
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb219923.aspx

Hope this helps.
Brijs Blogging... Looking Beyond the Obvious

Delegate Access and Delegate Access Management with Exchange Web Services.

Posted over 3 years ago

by Brijs
- 1 Comments
One of the common request from our customers is to provide interface to work programmatically with Delegate Settings for Outlook.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) introduces delegate access and delegate access management through Exchange Web Services. The following delegate access functionality is available starting with Exchange 2007 SP1:
- Delegates can access the mailbox of a principal and perform search, create, delete, update, and copy operations.
- You can enable delegate access to items based on folder-level permissions that are set by using the delegate management operations.
- Delegates can create and send meeting messages on behalf of the principal.
- Delegates can receive meeting messages that are forwarded by the principal and respond to them for the principal.
- Users who have owner rights on a shared mailbox can open the mailbox and act as the owner.
- Delegates can create notification subscriptions on folders in the mailbox of the principal.
Here are the few links related to it:
- Exchange Web Services and Delegate Access
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb204081.aspx
- Delegate Access Tasks
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb856575.aspx
- Setting Folder-Level Permissions (Exchange Web Services)
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb856574.aspx
- AddDelegate Operation
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb856527.aspx
- GetDelegate Operation
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb799735.aspx
- RemoveDelegate Operation
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb856564.aspx
- UpdateDelegate Operation
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb856529.aspx
- Using Delegate Access with Exchange Web Services
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb655860.aspx
And if you would like to do it with ease then try out Exchange Web Services Managed API Beta
- Working with Delegate Access <Exchange Web Services (EWS) Managed API 1.0 Beta>
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd633619.aspx
And if you would like to do deep dive about how delegate access works with Outlook then explore it:
- [MS-OXODLGT]: Delegate Access Configuration Protocol Specification
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc425488.aspx
So, there is lot to explore in the Messaging World… Feel free to drop me your question related to Microsoft Messaging APIs
Brijs Blogging... Looking Beyond the Obvious

List delegates of the Outlook Mailbox using CDO 1.2.1 via VBScript

Posted over 3 years ago

by Brijs
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I have recently worked out a VBScript to list delegate of the Outlook Mailbox using CDO 1.2.1 via VBScript and thought of share it with you all, here is the sample code:

NOTE: Following programming examples is for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This sample code assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. This sample code is provided for the purpose of illustration only and is not intended to be used in a production environment.
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Dim objSession 
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Dim strProfileInfo 
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Dim strServer 
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Dim strMailbox 
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Dim objFolder
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Dim objMessages
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Dim objMessage
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Dim oFields
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Dim oField1
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Dim oField2
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Dim oFBFolder
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'TODO:Change Server and Mailbox info
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strServer="Server"
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strMailbox="User"
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strProfileInfo = strServer & vbLf & strMailbox
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Set objSession = CreateObject("MAPI.Session")
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objSession.Logon , , False, False, , True, strProfileInfo
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writelog( "Mailbox")
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    writelog( "  ==> ")
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    writelog( objSession.CurrentUser)
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    writelog( vbCrLf)
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Msgbox "Logged On!!!"
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' Reference the root folder by passing ID of ""
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Set oRoot = objSession.GetFolder("")
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'Connect to the Freebusy folder
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Set oFBFolder = oRoot.Folders.Item("Freebusy Data")
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    Set objMessages = oFBFolder.Messages
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    For Each objMessage In objMessages
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        If objMessage.subject = "LocalFreebusy" Then
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            'Get the message fields
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            Set oFields = objMessage.Fields
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            On Error Resume Next
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    For i = 0 to UBound(oFields.Item(&H6844101E).Value(0))
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                Set oField1 = oFields.Item(&H6844101E)  ' PR_SCHDINFO_DELEGATE_NAMES
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                       writelog "DELEGATE NAMES  ==> " & oField1.Value(0)(i)
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                    writelog( vbCrLf)
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                          Set oField2 = oFields.Item(&H686B1003) ' PR_DELEGATE_FLAGS
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              writelog "Delegate can see private  ==> " & oField2.Value(0)(i)
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                          writelog( vbCrLf)
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       Next
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    End iF
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Next
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objSession.Logoff
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Set objSession =Nothing
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Set oField1 = Nothing
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Set oField2 = Nothing
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Set oFBFolder = Nothing
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Set oRoot = Nothing
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Msgbox "Done!!!"
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Sub WriteLog(ByVal strMessage)
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    Dim fs
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    Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
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    Dim file
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    Dim sScriptPath
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    sScriptPath = Left(WScript.ScriptFullName, InstrRev(WScript.ScriptFullName, "\"))
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    Set file = fs.opentextfile(sScriptPath & "DelegateListLog.txt", 8, True)
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    file.Write strMessage
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    file.Close
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End Sub
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Please refer to the following MAPI properties used in the above sample to list delegates of the mailbox:
- PidTagScheduleInfoDelegateNames Canonical Property
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc839497.aspx
  Contains the names of the delegates.
  Associated properties: PR_SCHDINFO_DELEGATE_NAMES, PR_SCHDINFO_DELEGATE_NAMES_A, PR_SCHDINFO_DELEGATE_NAMES_W
  Identifier: 0x6844
- PidTagDelegateFlags Canonical Property
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc815505.aspx
  Specifies whether a delegate can view the delegator’s private message objects.
  Associated properties: PR_DELEGATE_FLAGS
  Identifier: 0x686B
If you interested in exploring further details regarding how delegate settings works in Outlook then refer to:
- [MS-OXODLGT]: Delegate Access Configuration Protocol Specification
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc425488.aspx
However, if you just targeting Exchange Server 2007, I would highly recommend you to use EWS(Exchange Web Services)

Delegate Access and Delegate Access Management with Exchange Web Services

FYI: Outlook 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 goes into Extended Support

Remove all PST from the Outlook Mailbox using VBScript

Delegate Access and Delegate Access Management with Exchange Web Services.

List delegates of the Outlook Mailbox using CDO 1.2.1 via VBScript

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FYI: Outlook 2003 and Exchange Server 2003 goes into Extended Support

Remove all PST from the Outlook Mailbox using VBScript

Delegate Access and Delegate Access Management with Exchange Web Services.

List delegates of the Outlook Mailbox using CDO 1.2.1 via VBScript