Colleagues forget to set out-of-office?

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Created: Tuesday, 06 July 2021

Written by Paul Grigg

Do your colleagues forget to set out-of-office? With Microsoft 365 it’s possible to give someone the ability to set anyone’s out-of-office. If you want an IT team who does this for you and a lot more besides then contact us!

To give someone the ability to set anyone’s out of office

1. Login to the Office 365 admin portal - https://admin.microsoft.com
2. Go to the Exchange admin center
3. Select “permissions” from the left hand menu
4. Select “admin roles”
5. Double click on “Recipient Management”
6. Under the “Member” section, click the + icon
7. Double click each account you want to give this permission and then click “OK”
8. Click “Save”

To set someone else’s out of office

1. Login to Exchange - https://outlook.office.com/ecp
2. Click your initials / picture in the top right
3. Click the “Another user…” link
4. Double click the user you want to set
5. Select “organize email” in the left hand menu
6. Select “automatic replies”
7. Set as you wish and click the “Save” button