Retrieve "IP Phone" Attribute from AD for Exchange Disclaimer/Signature

Question

I'm trying to build a company-wide signature in Exchange using the Transport Rules and Disclaimers. I'd like to include our Skype names as part of this signature. In ADAC, the closest field I could find to Skype was "IP Phone" however I'm unable to find a way to retrieve it using a variable such as %%MobileNumber%%, %%FirstName%%, et al. Is there a way to retrieve this field? Also, the list I found of attributes can be found near the bottom of the page here under ADAtrributes: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd638183(v=exchg.141).aspx I don't necessarily want to jam our Skype name under "Fax Number" or something if I don't have to. Thanks!

Answer 1

I don't think you can do this built in to Exchange without doing something like here where they essentially are copying the values in the attribute over to an attribute that Exchange can see, in this case they used extensionAttribute1.

However, I have 2 suggestions:

1. You instead use a different field like "Pager" which should be retrievable and also shows up in the GUI Address Book details in Outlook.
2. Personally, I'd suggest using Signature Manager from Exclaimer.com. Their solutions are excellent and fully customizable with a ton of attribute options, settings, etc. Or you can use their Mail Disclaimers software.