Outlook signature based on user information from Active Directory

Step-by-step
1) Download the script from here. Save it to a UNC-path accessible for all users.
2) Adjust the custom variables:




3) From an Outlook client, create a signature based on your company template:


4) Copy the signature files from %appdata%\Microsoft\Signatures to the UNC-path specified in the SigSource-variable in the script:


5) Open both Company Name.rtf and Company Name.htm in Microsoft Office Word and insert the following bookmarks:


Mark each word, e.g. “EmailAddress”, go to “Insert”, press the “Bookmark”-button and name the bookmark “EmailAddress”. It`s important that the names of the bookmarks are “DisplayName”, “Title”, “TelephoneNumber” and “EmailAddress”.
This is because these bookmarks are replaced by the information retrieved from Active Directory for the logged-on user.
6) When appropriately tested, deploy the script to end users. This may be accomplished by e.g. Group Policy:


Additional information
Sample signature created using Set-OutlookSignature.ps1:


Active Directory object for sample user:


Settings are stored in HKCU in the registry:


A few notes:
-Existing signatures are preserved
-Users are allowed to make customizations to their signatures until a new version is deployed. Then the exisiting company-signature will be overwritten.