Articles in Tools & Utilities Category

The Active Directory is supposed to make it easy to control users and groups, but managing it can be difficult. The tools on this page are for the administrator to use.

The Active Directory is supposed to make it easy to control users and groups, but managing it can be difficult. The tools found on this page are for end users to update their own records. Administrator tools are located at Active Directory Management Tools Active Directory Management Tools for User Updates was last modified: January  

This page lists server-based solutions that connect directly to Microsoft Exchange that don't fit in the other mobile access categories: Synchronization Applications BlackBerry/2-Way Devices Wireless Application Protocol For personal solutions that work directly with Outlook on the desktop, mostly non-Exchange users can get two-way mobile access with the tools and services listed at Tools for  

Antivirus utilities for Exchange server and SMTP Servers.

Best practice for preventing virus infection is to never open an attachment from someone you don't know. It's a good idea to scan attachments even from known senders, especially if it's not a file you asked to receive or the cover note is suspicious. The personal and server tools in this section are specifically designed  

Best practice for preventing virus infection is to never open an attachment from someone you don't know. It's a good idea to scan attachments even from known senders, especially if it's not a file you asked to receive or the cover note is suspicious. The personal and server tools in these sections are specifically designed  

Best practice for preventing virus infection is to never open an attachment from someone you don't know. It's a good idea to scan attachments even from known senders, especially if it's not a file you asked to receive or the cover note is suspicious. These tools are specifically designed to examine incoming e-mail for viruses.  

I have a list of known Microsoft Outlook add-ins you can use to manage attachments on email messages. VBA code samples also available.

The Outlook E-mail Attachment Security Update changes the way Outlook handles attached program files (.exe, .com, .bat, .cmd) and other potentially dangerous files when you try to open them from inside a mail message. The idea is to make it harder for viruses such as Worm.ExploreZip Virus to get through. Availability and Setup | Usage  

One of the most sought features of an e-mail program is the ability to automatically route, print and otherwise process messages. If Outlook doesn't have the feature, you can use third party tools or VBA.

The utilities listed on this page require Business Contact Manager (BCM) and provide additional capabilities to BCM. Business Contact Manager (BCM) Utilities was last modified: January 10th, 2015 by Diane Poremsky

This is a collection of tools for the Microsoft Outlook Calendar folder that are used for reminder management. Many of these reminder tools send the reminders to an email address, cell phone, or pager. One notable exception is Reminder Manager and Extended Reminders, both of which allow you to set reminders in any folder (pre-Outlook  

This is a collection of tools for the Microsoft Outlook Calendar folder that don't fit any of the categories listed under More Information, plus a few for Microsoft Schedule+. More Information Microsoft Outlook Calendar Issues Synchronize mailbox and Public Folders -- includes tools to copy appointments from public to mailbox folders Additional Calendar tools are on  

This is a collection of calendar data tools and resources for the Microsoft Outlook Calendar folder. If you can't "see" current year holidays in your calendar, your holiday list may be outdated. See Missing Holidays for more information and links to download the updated file. To push a number of events out to users, see  

This is a collection of print tools for the Microsoft Outlook Calendar. In order to use the Word templates you will need to change macro security in Word's File, Options, Trust Center, Macro Security... to Low then close Word and reopen it. Approve the macro dialog when you load the template. In Word 2007, macro  

This is a collection of tools for the Microsoft Outlook Calendar folder that don't fit in any of our other Calendar utility categories, listed in More Information More Information More Information More calendar tools: For Group Calendar tools, see Maintaining a Group Calendar in Outlook. Web Publishing tools: Publishing Microsoft Outlook Calendars on the Internet or  

Sponsored by Starting with Outlook 2000, if you create an entry in a Contacts folder that matches an existing entry, Outlook asks whether you want to merge the information, ignore the new contact or save it as a new contact anyway. In Outlook 2010 and up, the setting to check for duplicate contacts is in  

The following pages are a collection of mail utilities for Microsoft Outlook that don't fit any of the categories listed under More Information. There is a separate page for each type of utility and those who don't fit within the four main types of utilities are under Mail Tools for Outlook. If you are still  

These tools reduce the amount of space required to store attachments and the amount of time required to send messages by applying various compression techniques. If you use Microsoft Outlook 2010, see Outlook 2010's Default Attachment Size for an issue that may cause issues when using these tools. The applications on this page are used  

These tools reduce the amount of space required to store attachments and the amount of time required to send messages by applying various compression techniques. If you use Outlook 2010, see Outlook 2010's Default Attachment Size for an issue that may cause issues when using these tools. The applications on this page integrate with Outlook.