How do you create an Outlook Appointment / Meeting in PowerShell? - powershell

Question

How do you create an Outlook Appointment / Meeting in PowerShell?

Answer 1

The following code will create an Outlook Appointment in PowerShell.
Function Create-Appointment(){
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][String]$Subject,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][DateTime]$MeetingStart,
[Parameter()][String]$Recipients,
[Parameter()][String]$Categories,
[Parameter()][String]$Location,
[Parameter()][String]$Body=$Subject,
[Parameter()][int]$ReminderMinutesBeforeStart=15,
[Parameter()][int]$DurationInMinutes=30
)
$ol = New-Object -ComObject Outlook.Application
$meeting = $ol.CreateItem('olAppointmentItem')
if($ReminderMinutesBeforeStart -gt 0){
$meeting.ReminderSet = $true
$meeting.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = $ReminderMinutesBeforeStart
}
if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Recipients')){
foreach($email in $Recipients -split ";"){
if($email -ne ''){
$meeting.Recipients.Add($email)
}
}
$meeting.MeetingStatus = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlMeetingStatus]::olMeeting
} else {
$meeting.MeetingStatus = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlMeetingStatus]::olNonMeeting
}
if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Location')){
$meeting.Location = $Location
}
if($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Categories')){
$meeting.Categories = $Categories
}
$meeting.Subject = $Subject
$meeting.Body = $Body
$meeting.Start = $MeetingStart
$meeting.Duration = $DurationInMinutes
$meeting.Save()
$meeting.Send()
}