How to turn an Outlook Calendar Invite body into html using PowerShell

Question

Hello,

I have this code (which I did not write) that I run in Windows PowerShell to create MS Outlook meeting invites and it works wonderfully. What I'd like to do though, is to be able to turn the "$meeting.Body" into an html body. I'd like to basically take any html code and add it into that "field" so that I can change the look and feel of the email body for the invitation.

Thank you very much for any help.

$meetingDate = Get-date "11/26/2021 5:00PM"
$ol = New-Object -ComObject Outlook.Application
$meeting = $ol.CreateItem('olAppointmentItem')
$meeting.Subject = 'This is your meeting invite'
$meeting.Body = 'Please join me in this meeting to discuss multiple issues'
$meeting.Location = 'My Office'
$meeting.ReminderSet = $true
$meeting.Importance = 1
$meeting.MeetingStatus = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlMeetingStatus]::olMeeting
$meeting.Recipients.Add('username@Karima ben .com')
$meeting.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = 15
$meeting.Start = $meetingDate
$meeting.Duration = 30
$meeting.Send()

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure the limitation is with the Outlook Object Model, or perhaps with the very nature of the type of item you're creating. You may have to resort to using Rich-Text Format (RTF) to accomplish this.

There are examples of doing that if you're willing to look for VB code and then translate it.

I expect you'll find more qualified people to answer questions about Outlook by adding an appropriate tag to your original message.

Answer 2

Try using "Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration", see the options for using it in the article below:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/set-mailboxautoreplyconfiguration?view=exchange-ps

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