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Thank you Joshua Firm. From: Troy Murray [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 11:50 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Outlook is Adding reminders to meetings Good work tracking that down and sharing it Joshua. -- Troy Murray Michigan State University College of Medicine Life Science 1355 Bogue St, B-136D East Lansing, MI 48824 E: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> P: 517-432-2760 F: 517-355-7254 RedHat 5 Certified Technician RedHat 5 Certified Systems Administrator HL7 V2.6/2.5 Certified Control Specialist On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Wortz, Joshua wrote: Okay I found the culprit! It was the Automated Calendar Attendant on the Exchange server. By default the calendar attendant will mark newly received meeting requests as tentative and then apparently sets a 15min meeting reminder when one is not present. To disable it you can use the command below or uncheck the highlighted section below. I tested it and requests it seems to have not made a significant change in the way that calendars operate, accept that the event's won't show on your calendar until you accept them. Set-CalendarProcessing -Identity "User" -AddNewRequestsTentatively:$false <image001.png> Joshua Wortz RHCT - RHEL5 | MCSE - 2K3 | MCTS - Exchange 2007 | MCTS - Vista - Configuration | MCDST Systems Administrator Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 517.588.9344 <tel:+15175889344> (Cell) 517.353.4890 <tel:+15173534890> x232 (Office) From: Wortz, Joshua [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2012 10:54 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Outlook is Adding reminders to meetings Just to throw my hat into the ring as well I can confirm that I am experiencing the same results in our Exchange 2010 SP2 environment. I tested the scenario of having default reminders disabled from outlook and had a co-worker send a meeting invitation with the reminder disabled. When I received his invitation it came with a default 15 min reminder. Also when he specified a 1 week reminder in a different request, the 1 week reminder came in on the meeting. However to test it one step further I closed outlook and shutoff my ActiveSync phone and tested again from only OWA. I disabled reminders in OWA. Then had my coworker send me a meeting request w/o a reminder and when I opened the event in my calendar it had a default 15min reminder. <image002.jpg> I feel it's safe to say that this is something built in default on the server side when meeting requests are sent, they seem to always be accompanied by a reminder. I've looked through some of the server side commands, but none of them fit. Set-CalendarNotification - is used for configuring text message (sms) notifications for events. Set-MailboxCalendarConfiguration - You can tell OWA to not show meeting reminders. But this doesn't actually prevent the meeting reminders from being on the calendar item and so they will notify users in Outlook and Mobile devices. I am on the Exchange 15 Beta and I'll send an email to our list to see if anyone knows if there is something that we can do about this. Joshua Wortz RHCT - RHEL5 | MCSE - 2K3 | MCTS - Exchange 2007 | MCTS - Vista - Configuration | MCDST Systems Administrator Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 517.588.9344 <tel:+15175889344> (Cell) 517.353.4890 <tel:+15173534890> x232 (Office) From: Jon Galbreath [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 5:16 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Outlook is Adding reminders to meetings You can try creating a new Outlook profile...? Jon On Mar 2, 2012, at 5:09 PM, "Al Puzzuoli" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I'm not sure the phones have anything to do with it. I think the question is, is Outlook adding the reminders or the Exchange server? I can't imagine this would be a server side issue, but ... From: Rytlewski, Jamie [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 4:32 PM To: Al Puzzuoli Subject: RE: Outlook is Adding reminders to meetings So the question is, is Outlook adding reminders or are the phones? From: Al Puzzuoli [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 4:27 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Outlook is Adding reminders to meetings No Blackberry. Several iPhones for what that's worth ... From: Jon Galbreath [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 4:14 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Outlook is Adding reminders to meetings Is there a BlackBerry involved here at all? I've seen weird reminder things happen when there's one of those somewhere in the mix. Jon Galbreath, MCSE Systems Administrator International Studies and Programs Helpdesk: 517-884-2148 Ph: 517-884-2144 [log in to unmask] From: Al Puzzuoli [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 4:08 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Outlook is Adding reminders to meetings Here's where it gets odd though. My director has reminders off by default. He sent me a meeting, and specifically insured that he was not sending me a reminder; However, when I opened the meeting, it was set to remind me 15 minutes before. If I send him a meeting, he too gets a reminder, even though his default is off. --Al From: Jon Galbreath [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 3:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Outlook is Adding reminders to meetings Each person can set default Calendar settings, including reminders. That's probably where it's getting picked up from. File-Options-Calendar-Default Reminders. Jon Galbreath, MCSE Systems Administrator International Studies and Programs Helpdesk: 517-884-2148 Ph: 517-884-2144 [log in to unmask] From: Al Puzzuoli [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 3:11 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MSUNAG] Outlook is Adding reminders to meetings We are using exchange 2010 and Outlook 2010. We just noticed a problem that has apparently been occurring for the last few months. If someone schedules a meeting, invites attendees, and specifically turns off reminders, attendees are still getting 15 minute reminders. I'm not sure what might be causing this behavior. Is this governed by the client of the person creating the meeting, the exchange server or what? Thanks in advance for any thoughts, Al Puzzuoli Michigan State University Information Technologist http://www.rcpd.msu.edu Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities 517-884-1915 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033