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title: "Set Out Of Office State"
slug: "set-out-of-office-state"
updated: 2025-09-02T19:28:26Z
published: 2025-09-02T19:28:26Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/set-out-of-office-state"
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# Set Out Of Office State

| Step Details |
| --- |
| **Introduced in Version** | 4.0.0 |
| **Last Modified in Version** | 7.12.0 |
| **Location** | Integration > Exchange Web Services |

The **Set Out Of Office State** step sets the Out Of Office properties for a specified user on Exchange.

### Prerequisites

- This step requires the [Exchange Web Services module](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/microsoft365-exchange) to be [installed](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/installing-modules-decisions) before it will be available in the toolbox.
- A [dependency](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/project-dependencies) must be created after installing the module in order for the Step to be properly used.

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## Properties

#### Inputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Email Address | SMTP Address of the user being queried. | String |
| End Date | End of scheduled automatic reply. | DateTime |
| Exchange Server | Server and authentication to use. | ExchangeServerDefinition |
| External Audience | The options are None, Known, All. | OofExternalAudience |
| External Reply | Text to send to other users outside of the domain. | String |
| Internal Reply | Text to send to other users on the domain. | String |
| Start Date | Start of scheduled automatic reply. | DateTime |
| State | Disabled (no automatic reply defined), Enabled (an automatic reply is defined and continuously active), or Scheduled (an automatic reply is set up to be active during the time window set in the Duration property). | OofState |

#### ![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1752005686768.png)

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## Common Errors

### The Remote Server Returned an Error

If the remote server inputted is improperly entered, the Step will cause an error.

To correct this, input a URL that is properly spelled to effectively connect to the designated server.

#### Error Message:

```csharp
DecisionsFramework.Design.Flow.ErrorRunningFlowStep: Error running step Search Emails 1[SearchEmails] in flow [Step Library Flow]: Exception invoking method SearchEmails on class ExchangeEmailSteps
 ---> DecisionsFramework.LoggedException: Exception invoking method SearchEmails on class ExchangeEmailSteps
 ---> System.Exception: Search Exchange Email error. Search String: test.
 ---> System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. (The parameter queryString is only valid for Exchange Server version Exchange2010 or a later version.)
 ---> Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ServiceVersionException: The parameter queryString is only valid for Exchange Server version Exchange2010 or a later version. at Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.FindRequest`1.Validate()
 at Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ServiceRequestBase.ValidateAndEmitRequest()
 at Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.SimpleServiceRequestBase.InternalExecuteAsync()
 at Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.MultiResponseServiceRequest`1.ExecuteAsync()
 at Microsoft.Exchange.WebServices.Data.ExchangeService.FindItems(FolderId parentFolderId, String queryString, ViewBase view)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions)
 at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.get_Result()
 at Decisions.Exchange.ExchangeEmailSteps.SearchEmails(ExchangeServerDefinition ExchangeServer, String SearchString, Int32 PageSize, Int32 Offset)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Decisions.Exchange.ExchangeEmailSteps.SearchEmails(ExchangeServerDefinition ExchangeServer, String SearchString, Int32 PageSize, Int32 Offset)
 at InvokeStub_ExchangeEmailSteps.SearchEmails(Object, Span`1)
 at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeWithFewArgs(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at DecisionsFramework.Design.Flow.StepImplementations.InvokeMethodStep.Run(StepStartData data)
 at DecisionsFramework.Design.Flow.FlowStep.RunStepInternal(String flowTrackingID, String stepTrackingID, KeyValuePairDataStructure[] stepRunDataValues, AbstractFlowTrackingData trackingData)
 at DecisionsFramework.Design.Flow.FlowStep.Start(String flowTrackingID, String stepTrackingID, FlowStateData data, AbstractFlowTrackingData trackingData, RunningStepData currentStepData)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
```

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Related InformationRelated Articles:  
  
[Exchange Web Services Module](https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/microsoft365-exchange)