Shortcut to web based Outlook

[obli]

For reasons too complicated to explain, our company IT department has devised a web based Outlook interface (for lack of a better word) wherein users are supposed to open Internet Explorer and type in "

https://exchange-server/exchange/"

to access their email over our intranet. Unfortunately, with over 150 users working 3 shifts 24/7, it is extremely difficult to personally show each one how to do this. (I know it sounds simple but the majority would need a good deal of hand-holding and spoon-feeding just to do this task correctly.) My thought is to create a shortcut to IE which would automatically go to the above listed intranet site. Users do not have the requisite permissions to change their homepage and most would have to be personally shown how to do this anyway.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

 

[franklin97355]

If you have a common homepage just put a link there.

 

[CharlieJax]

You can create a shortcut on your desktop, then copy it to the netlogon directory on any server, then using your login script copy it to the user's desktop using a command like:

ECHO Y | XCOPY %0\..\[shortcut name] %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\ /D /H /I /R /V > NUL

This (in Windows 2000/XP) will load the shortcut to every desktop that someone logs into (as long as that loginscript runs for them).

You can also use AD to push it out as a favorite or put it on a intranet home page.

CJ

Don't drink and post, save that for driving home!

 

[obli]

Franklin:

Thanks for the response but these users do not have Internet access. They can see a "crippled" version of the company homepage but not surf. I should have mentioned that.

CharlieJax:

Thanks. I will discuss your suggestion with the I.T. dept.

 

[franklin97355]

So put it on the "crippled homepage" as a link.