How to set an “out of office” for Microsoft 365 users as an admin

  1. Navigate to “portal.office365.com”
  2. Click “Admin” down the left hand side.
    Microsoft 365 set out of office as an admin
  3. Select “Users”
    Microsoft 365 Users
  4. Select “Active users”
  5. Select the desired user from the list
  6. Navigate to “Mail”
    Microsoft 365 Mail
  7. Scroll down and click on “Manage automatic replies”
    Microsoft 365 out of office, manages automatic replies
  8. Click the box to “Turn on automatic replies”
    Microsoft 365 Turn on automatic replies
  9. Type your message in both boxes for inside your organisation and outside your organisation and click “Save changes”
    Microsoft 365 manage automatic replies