Create a Global Address List

Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2

Topic Last Modified: 2011-10-18

The global address list (GAL) is a directory that contains entries for every group, user, and contact within an organization's implementation of Microsoft Exchange. If your organization uses address book policies, you may want to create additional GALs. To learn more, see Understanding Address Book Policies.

Looking for other management tasks related to address lists? Check out Managing Address Lists.

Use the Shell to create a GAL using conditional filter properties

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Global address lists" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

Note:
You can't use the Exchange Management Console to create a GAL.

This example creates a GAL named GAL_Contoso that includes recipients who are mailbox users and have their company listed as Contoso.

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New-GlobalAddressList -Name "GAL_Contoso" -IncludedRecipients MailboxUsers -ConditionalCompany Contoso

Note:
If you are using precanned conditional filter properties, the IncludedRecipients parameter can't be blank.

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see New-GlobalAddressList.

Use the Shell create a GAL using a recipient filter

You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Global address lists" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.

Note:
You can't use the Exchange Management Console to create a GAL.

This example creates a GAL named GAL_AgencyA that includes recipients for which the CustomAttribute15 parameter has a value of AgencyA.

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New-GlobalAddressList -Name "GAL_AgencyA" -RecipientFilter {CustomAttribute15 -like "AgencyA"}

For more information about recipient filters, see Creating Filters in Recipient Commands.

For detailed syntax and parameter information, see New-GlobalAddressList.