XADM: How To Include the GAL in the Offline Address Book

 Last reviewed: April 21, 1997
Article ID: Q153479
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SUMMARY

By default, only the recipients from your Microsoft Exchange Site will listed in your Offline Address Book. This article describes how a Microsoft Exchange Administrator can include all recipients from the Global Address Book (GAL) in the Offline Address Book.

MORE INFORMATION

By default, Microsoft Exchange Server builds the Offline Address Book from just the recipients located in the same Microsoft Exchange Site as the Microsoft Exchange Server. This can be changed to generate an Address Book containing all users from the GAL by following these steps:

  1. Start the Microsoft Exchange Administrator program.
2. Highlight the Configuration container for the Site to be changed in the 
   left pane.
3. Double-click on the DS Site Configuration object in the right pane. This 
   will bring up the DS Site Configuration Properties window.
4. Click the Offline Address Book tab. 5. Click the Modify button in the Generate Data Files From the Address Book 
   Container section.
6. In the Offline Address Book Container window, select the Global Address 
   List container and click OK. The Generate Data Files From The Address
   Book Container field will change to Global Address List.
7. Click Generate Offline Address Book Now to generate a new Offline 
   Address Book with all of the recipients available in the Microsoft
   Exchange Organization.
8. Click OK.

All future downloads of the Offline Address Book will contain all of the recipients from the GAL.

Additional query words: GAL OAB admin
Keywords : kbusage XADM
Version : 4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto

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Last reviewed: April 21, 1997
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