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how disable Automatic Reply from Exchange Users side
Hi, When we activated “Out of Office Reply” from Exchange admin center, users are deactivating “Out of office reply” from their side. Is there any option in Exchange 2013 to stop disabling "Automat...
Not really. What you can do is "hide" the button from Outlook, although I'm not even sure the method works with the latest versions: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/office-2010/cc179143(v=office.14)
Here are the control IDs just in case:
OutOfOffice button None (Not in the Ribbon) None (Not in the Ribbon) 5621 760 OutOfOffice button None (Not in the Ribbon) None (Not in the Ribbon) 5621 791 OutOfOffice button None (Not in the Ribbon) None (Not in the Ribbon) 5621 813 GroupOutOfOffice group None (Backstage View) TabAccounts 20438 1163