Chapter163: Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices

Section163.1:RetrieveSpecifiedUser’sOutofOfficeSettings

Firstlet’screateanExchangeManagerobject,wheretheconstructorwillconnecttotheservicesforus.Italsohasa

GetOofSettingsmethod,which will returnthe OofSettingsobject forthe specifiedemail address:

usingSystem;

usingSystem.Web.Configuration;

usingMicrosoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data;

namespaceSetOutOfOffice

{

classExchangeManager

{

privateExchangeServiceService;

publicExchangeManager()

{

varpassword=WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[“Password”].ConnectionString; Connect(“exchangeadmin”,password);

}

privatevoidConnect(stringusername,stringpassword)

{

varservice=newExchangeService(ExchangeVersion.Exchange2010_SP2); service.Credentials=newWebCredentials(username,password); service.AutodiscoverUrl(“autodiscoveremail@domain.com”,

RedirectionUrlValidationCallback);

Service=service;

}

privatestaticboolRedirectionUrlValidationCallback(stringredirectionUrl)

{

returnredirectionUrl.Equals(“https://mail.domain.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml”);

}

publicOofSettingsGetOofSettings(stringemail)

{

returnService.GetUserOofSettings(email);

}

}

}

Wecannowcallthiselsewherelikethis:

varem=newExchangeManager();

varoofSettings=em.GetOofSettings(“testemail@domain.com”);

Section163.2:UpdateSpecificUser’sOutofOfficeSettings

Usingtheclassbelow,wecanconnecttoExchangeandthensetaspecificuser’soutofofficesettingswith

UpdateUserOof:

usingSystem;

usingSystem.Web.Configuration;

usingMicrosoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data;

classExchangeManager

{

privateExchangeServiceService;

publicExchangeManager()

{

varpassword=WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[“Password”].ConnectionString; Connect(“exchangeadmin”,password);

}

privatevoidConnect(stringusername,stringpassword)

{

varservice=newExchangeService(ExchangeVersion.Exchange2010_SP2); service.Credentials=newWebCredentials(username,password);

service.AutodiscoverUrl(“autodiscoveremail@domain.com”,RedirectionUrlValidationCallback);

Service=service;

}

privatestaticboolRedirectionUrlValidationCallback(stringredirectionUrl)

{

returnredirectionUrl.Equals(“https://mail.domain.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml”);

}

///<summary>

///Updatesthegivenuser’sOofsettingswiththegivendetails

///</summary>

publicvoidUpdateUserOof(intoofstate,DateTimestarttime,DateTimeendtime,int externalaudience,stringinternalmsg,stringexternalmsg,stringemailaddress)

{

varnewSettings=newOofSettings

{

State=(OofState)oofstate,

Duration=newTimeWindow(starttime,endtime),

ExternalAudience=(OofExternalAudience)externalaudience,Internal

Reply=internalmsg,

ExternalReply=externalmsg

};

Service.SetUserOofSettings(emailaddress,newSettings);

}

}

Updatetheusersettingswiththefollowing:

varoofState=1;

varstartDate=newDateTime(01,08,2016);

varendDate=newDateTime(15,08,2016);

varexternalAudience=1;

varinternalMessage=”Iamnotintheoffice!”;

varexternalMessage=”Iamnotintheoffice<strong>andneitherareyou!</strong>”vartheUser=”theuser@domain.com”;

varem=newExchangeManager();

em.UpdateUserOof(oofstate,startDate,endDate,externalAudience,internalMessage,externalMessage, theUser);

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