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Setting Up Recurring Out of Office Replies in Microsoft 365

Simon Baldwin 0 Reputation points
2025-09-17T10:15:00.1633333+00:00

In an organization using Microsoft 365 from Monday to Wednesday, there is a need for an automatic out of office reply for emails received on Thursday and Friday when not accessed. Previous attempts to set this up have been difficult, with guidance suggesting non-existent options or ineffective solutions using "Power Automate." Co-pilot was utilized for debugging a script, but it did not yield a working solution. The issue persists across both web and desktop versions of Outlook. Is there a straightforward method for establishing this recurring out of office functionality in Microsoft Outlook?If any Microsoft devs are reading this, this functionality is a matter of a few mouse clicks in Gmail so there is no good reason it can't be done in Outlook.

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  1. Arlene D 36,020 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-09-17T11:20:06.2333333+00:00

    Hi Simon, I understand what you’re aiming for. Outlook in Microsoft 365 does not support recurring out of office replies on specific weekdays. The built-in Automatic Replies feature only allows you to set a continuous date range, so it needs to be turned on and off each time you want it to apply. The only supported option today is to schedule Automatic Replies for a set period or use rules for custom replies, but not on a repeating weekly basis.

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