Applies to: Exchange Server 2007
Topic Last Modified: 2007-06-12

Use the Select Holiday page to define the dates your organization will be closed for holidays. Between the start and end dates you specify in the dialog box, callers who reach the auto attendant will hear the holiday greeting that you specify. After the caller hears the holiday greeting that you have provided, the non-business hours greetings and menu prompts will be played for the caller. You can also create a holiday time in an existing holiday schedule. When you are creating multiple holiday schedules, Unified Messaging lets you overlap your scheduled holiday times.

Holiday name
  • Use this text box to specify a unique name for the holiday. This is a display name that appears on the Times tab.

  • The holiday name is required, but it is used only for display purposes. Because you may want to specify multiple holidays, we recommend that you use meaningful names for your holiday schedules. The maximum length that a holiday name can be is 64 characters, and it can include spaces. However, it cannot include any of the following characters: " / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < >.

Holiday greeting file
  • Click Browse to select a holiday greeting that was previously recorded. For example, "Happy Arbor Day. Contoso, Ltd. is closed until 8:00 A.M. tomorrow." This is a required field.

Holiday start date
  • Use this list to select the day that you want the holiday to start. The holiday setting start time will take effect at midnight on the day that is specified in this list.

Holiday end date
  • Use this list to select the day that you want the holiday to end. The holiday settings will end at 11:59 P.M. on the day that is specified in this list.

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