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Outlook Exchange Profile Creation - A How To
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Goals
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In this document you will learn how to create Microsoft Outlook
Exchange profiles in an automated fashion.
Introduction
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Email with all of it's spam and viruses is still a good tool for
communication. Many companies like the way Microsoft has
integrated collaboration features in with this useful
technology. Microsoft Outlook together with Microsoft Exchange
Server make for a very tight solution.
Issue
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Users are largely un-technical and when it comes to the myriad
of options in Outlook, they need a little hand holding. This
process quickly becomes highly repetitive and error prone as
Outlook itself is also a complex application. How do we make it
so that the support issues for Outlook go away? Welcome to your
new friend, Outlook Profiler, more that just an Outlook profile
generator!
Solution
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1.
Start by downloading Outlook Profiler from
http://goffconcepts.com.
This document was written testing the 2.0.0.2
version. Also read the manual for extensive information.
Download Manual
2.
Run the setup.exe file. This does not have to be on the
Exchange server. After successful installation you should see
Outlook Profiler under the Windows Program Menu.
3.
Now fire up Peditor.exe which is listed as "Configure Outlook
Profiler"
from the menu. You will be presented with options for
configuring
each version of Outlook. There are few "ALL Versions" options.
You must configure each version of Outlook you expect to find in
your environment. Almost all of the important options are
viewable in this editor. The layout is nearly identical to
Outlook's screens so it makes for easy configuration. Options
that are grayed out are currently not developed or are mimicking
the way Outlook Exchange grays out an option that is dependent
upon another option. Options that are colored in red and labeled
"Special" are nice extensions that GOFF Concepts have added.
4.
When you are finished and have closed Peditor you will have an
ini file with your saved preferences. From the Outlook Profiler
Program menu choose "Browse" to easily navigate to the directory
containing your ini file.
5.
Now you need to consider where to place Outlook Profiler and
it's ini file. You will need to copy "profiler.exe",
"profiler.ini", and "gui.dll" in a location accessible to your
users.
6.
How to run Outlook Profiler is really up to you. Login scripts
are one example.
For a batch login script first create a batch file in the same
directory as profiler.exe. I will name mine "profiler.bat". Edit
this batch file to contain the line applicable to your network:
REM Outlook Profiler - Path to the executable
\\Your_Server\Public_Share\profiler.exe
Now edit the login script and add the following lines:
REM Call the batch file
call \\Your_Server\Public_Share\profiler.bat
REM "Profiler.bat" should be the last item executed from your
REM batch file. This is because Outlook Profiler will not
REM be able to read the logged on user name otherwise.
REM Therefore you should place a jump to your last label.
REM Mine is named :END.
:END
REM If you are using Win9x workstations you may need to edit the
"Delay Time" to
REM the number of seconds you suspect the desktop will be
available after the login
REM script finishes.
For VB Script logins:
' Run the profiler.exe
example
Dim objFSO, objShell, oEnv
Set objFSO =
Createobject("Scripting.Filesystemobject")
Set objShell =
CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
' Uncomment below for XP
Service Pack 2
' set oEnv = objShell.Environment("PROCESS")
' Uncomment below for XP Service Pack 2
' oEnv("SEE_MASK_NOZONECHECKS") = 1
objShell.Run "\\Your_Server\Public_Share\profiler.exe" ,1,
true
' Uncomment below for XP
Service Pack 2
' oEnv.Remove("SEE_MASK_NOZONECHECKS")
Set objFSO =
Nothing
Set objShell =
Nothing
Other options might be creating a company web page with a link
to the
executable. Or you might have Outlook Profiler on each machine
and have it start from the registry automatically. This might be
handy for
Laptop users who have a different configuration than a typical
desktop
system. Choose whatever works for you.
7.
Some notes on file permissions.
It is possible to run Outlook Profiler from a read-only share.
However, even if logging is turned off there are a few instances
that will create a "profiler.log" file when they occur. It would
be better to have file level security on this share and allow
write access to the "profiler.log" file so you don't miss these
alerts.
Conclusion
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That is all there is to it. Outlook Exchange management from a
single, easy to use source. Outlook roaming profiles are now a
cake walk!
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