Exchange Category Manager

Manage Outlook Categories and colors with a Exchange server plugin enabling you to create different groups of users who all have their own unique category and color list. Allows for replacing existent categories with the managed list or adding items to the user’s personal list

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2. Create a new user account (CatManAdmin) in the active directory (or on o365) and give it a mailbox. This is the service account that we will refer to as “the CatManAdmin” or “the CatManAdmin account”. If not on O365, give it a local domain smtp email reply address. (not your internet domain name)
   (create a new account, do not copy an existing one. Membership of the group Domain Users is all it needs.)
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4. Download the CatMan_EWS.zip file and extract it to a folder on any 64 bit computer or server that will not be shut down while Exchange server is being used. You can copy it to the Exchange server itself but that is not a requirement.
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6. Run the following command in the Exchange Shell :
   
   New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Name:ECMimpersonation -Role:ApplicationImpersonation -User:CatManAdmin

7. A plug in for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and higher, without interaction to the user’s PC, this plug in enables you to manage the Microsoft Outlook categories and colors that are available to the users in Outlook 2007 and higher. This could make it easier for the users on your Microsoft Exchange server to organize their emails, or provide categorization for the emails being sent on the server in general.

   With Exchange Category Manager, you can define an unlimited number of groups with different users per group with each group having it’s own set of categories and colors that the users can choose from. Using this plug in, you are essentially making is easier for the users on your network to categorize and sort their emails with great ease which can be useful is all situations and on any server.

   As well as the options you have above, per user group you can add either colors categories to existing list(s) that a user has in Microsoft Outlook or replace all of it with a pre defined list of categories for the users to choose and sort from. With the array of flexibility, Exchange Category Manager makes it easy to personalize the categories on your server to suit your company or group of email users.

   Do you think you need Exchange Category Manager? Well, if you have a larger group of Microsoft Outlook users and they are sharing information within calendar, contacts, or email folders using colors and categories then this plug in is definitely for you and your network. With this tool is the only way you can be sure that when one user selects a certain color of an item that all other users on the email network will see the same color. This is not a feature that is a part of Microsoft Exchange networks or Microsoft Outlook by native, so this plug in gives you these tools just in case it would be useful or necessary on your Exchange server.

   Exchange Category Manager is build with the Exchange Webservices API and is able to be installed on any 64 bit server that is able to connect to connect to your Exchange server. Plus, it can be run from the Exchange server as well. This tool is inspired from the Exchange Group Calendar where category management is almost completely necessary to make sure everyone is synced and uniform.

   Publisher Description

   Manage Outlook Categories and colors with a Exchange server plugin enabling you to create different groups of users who all have their own unique category and color list. Allows for replacing existent categories with the managed list or adding items to the user’s personal list.

   About Exchange Category Manager

   Exchange Category Manager is a free trial software published in the Office Suites & Tools list of programs, part of Business.

   This Office Suites & Tools program is available in English. It was last updated on 2019-09-26. Exchange Category Manager is compatible with the following operating systems: Windows.

   The company that develops Exchange Category Manager is OpusFlow. The latest version released by its developer is 1.0. This version was rated by 1 users of our site and has an average rating of 5.0.

   The download we have available for Exchange Category Manager has a file size of 2.21 MB. Just click the green Download button above to start the downloading process. The program is listed on our website since 2012-03-06 and was downloaded 68 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded software with your antivirus. If your antivirus detects the Exchange Category Manager as malware or if the download link is broken, use the contact page to email us.

   How to install Exchange Category Manager on your Windows device:

   • Click on the Download button on our website. This will start the download from the website of the developer.
   • Once the Exchange Category Manager is downloaded click on it to start the setup process (assuming you are on a desktop computer).
   • When the installation is finished you should be able to see and run the program.

   Exchange Category Manager is a plug-in for Exchange server 2010, 2013, 2016 or office 365.Without any interaction to the user’s pc or Outlook it enables you to manage categories and colors that are available to the users in Outlook by directly managing their Outlook master category list on the Exchange server. If you have more than a few Outlook users and they use color categories this a tool for you

   Exchange Category Manager 1.03 full description

   Manage color categories from Exchange server or Office 365 Exchange Category Manager is a plug-in for Exchange server 2010, 2013, 2016 or office 365. Without any interaction to the user’s pc or Outlook it enables you to manage categories and colors that are available to the users in Outlook by directly managing their Outlook master category list on the Exchange server. If you have more than a few Outlook users and they use color categories in shared and delegate (calendars, contacts or email) folders then this tool is for you. Only then you can be sure that, when one user selects a certain color for an item, all other users will see the same color. Different user groups with different color categories You can define an unlimited number of color category definition groups for different groups of users. Each group can have it’s own set of categories and colors that the users can choose from in Outlook (pc or mac) or OWA. Per user group you can either add color categories to Outlook or replace all categories with the predefined list of categories and colors for that group. Install it anywhere The plug-in is built with the Exchange Webservices API and can be installed on any windows computer that can connect to the Exchange server or office 365. It can safely run from the Exchange server itself too. The product is a spinn-off from Exchange Group Calendar where category management is essential to ensure uniformity in the public calendars. This is not an Outlook add-in so it does not have to be installed on every computer. The installation does not add or replace dll’s on the server and does not use the registry. Uninstalling is a matter of deleting the install directory and nothing will be left on the server.

   Manage Outlook Categories and colors with a Exchange server plugin Manage Outlook Categories and colors with a Exchange server plugin enabling you to create different groups of users who all have their own unique category and color list. Allows for replacing existent categories with the managed list or adding items to the user’s personal list.