OAB Archives - Practical 365

Separating users in Office 365 using Address Book Policies

Sean McAvinue — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 08:39:00 +0000

Microsoft 365 has many built-in controls to manage how users communicate externally, however, these controls do not generally extend to internal communication. While this is fine in most environments, situations exist where a degree of separation is required to segregate communication across different groups of users. This article details the configuration of Address Book Policies, and how they can be extended to include Teams.

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Exchange Server 2010 to 2013 Migration – Reviewing Offline Address Book Configuration

Paul Cunningham — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 10:00:26 +0000

Reviewing the offline address book configuration of existing Exchange Server organizations to avoid full OAB client download after Exchange 2013 install.

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Optimizing Offline Address Book Schedules in Exchange Server 2010

Paul Cunningham — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 05:40:47 +0000

Exchange Server administrators can optimize Offline Address Book generation and distribution schedules to reduce delays in changes showing in address books.

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Exchange Recipient Not Appearing in the Offline Address Book

Paul Cunningham — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 15:59:47 +0000

How to diagnose an issue in which an Exchange recipient that is visible in the GAL may not appear in the offline address book.

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Exchange Server 2013: Using Test-OutlookWebServices to Verify Web Services Functionality

Paul Cunningham — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:50:53 +0000

Using the Test-OutlookWebServices PowerShell cmdlet to test web services in Exchange Server 2013.

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How to Send As a Hidden Mailbox

Paul Cunningham — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:45:44 +0000

Some end users in your Exchange Server environment may have a requirement to "send as" a mailbox that they also need to remain hidden from the global address list.

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Move the Offline Address Book from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007

Paul Cunningham — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:30:03 +0000

Here is a simple Exchange Management Shell command that will move all of your Offline Address Books from the Exchange 2003 OAB generation server to an Exchange 2007 OAB generation server.

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Unable to enable Offline Address Book for web distribution

Paul Cunningham — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:56:47 +0000

You may encounter an issue with Exchange Server 2007 organisations that have been migrated from previous Exchange versions where the Default Offline Address List cannot be enabled for web distribution, even after the OAB has been moved to an Exchange Server 2007 server. In the Exchange Management Console the check box to enable web distribution […]

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