Applies to: Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Exchange Server 2010 SP2
Topic Last Modified: 2011-11-29
After you create an address book policy (ABP), you can view or modify the name and the assigned global address list (GAL), offline address book (OAB), room list, and address lists
Looking for other management tasks related to ABPs? Check out Managing Address Book Policies.
What Do You Want to Do?
Use the EMC to configure ABP properties
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Address book policies" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.
- In the console tree, navigate to Organization
Configuration > Mailbox.
- In the result pane, on the Address Book Policies tab,
click the ABP you want to configure.
- In the action pane, click Properties.
- Use the
General tab to view or modify the name of the ABP.
- Use the Address Book
Policy Detail tab to view or modify the following settings:
- Global Address List Click Browse
to change the GAL that’s assigned to this policy. Each ABP must
contain one GAL.
- Offline Address Book Click
Browse tochange the OAB that’s assigned to this policy.
Users who are assigned to this ABP will download the OAB you
specify. Each ABP must contain one OAB.
- Room list Click Browse to change
the room list that’s assigned to this policy. The room list is used
for room booking purposes. Each ABP must contain one room list. If
your organization doesn’t use room lists, we recommend that you
create one that doesn’t contain rooms, and then assign it to the
ABP.
- Address Lists Click Add to add
address lists to the ABP. Click to remove an address list from the ABP.
- Global Address List Click Browse
to change the GAL that’s assigned to this policy. Each ABP must
contain one GAL.
Use the Shell to configure ABP properties
You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this procedure. To see what permissions you need, see the "Address book policies" entry in the Mailbox Permissions topic.
This example changes the OAB, room list, and GAL that will be used by mailbox users who are assigned the ABP named All Fabrikam ABP.
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Set-AddressBookPolicy -Identity "All Fabrikam ABP" -OfflineAddressBook \Fabrikam-OAB-2 -GlobalAddressList "\All Fabrikam GAL" -RoomList "\All Fabrikam Rooms" |
This example adds the address lists Contoso-Chicago and Contoso-Seattle to the ABP named ABPContoso
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Set-AddressBookPolicy -Identity "ABPContoso" -AddressLists @{Add="Contoso-Chicago","Contoso-Seattle"} |
This example removes the address lists Fabrikam-HR and Fabrikam-Finance from the ABP named ABPFabrikam
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Set-AddressBookPolicy -Identity "ABPFabrikam" -AddressLists @{Remove="Fabrikam-HR","Fabrikam-Finance"} |
This example replaces the address lists GovernmentAgencyA-ALL and GovernmentAgenceB-ALL with address lists GovernmentAgencyA-Atlanta and GovernmentAgencyA-Moscow for the ABP named GovernmentAgencyA.
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Set-AddressBookPolicy -Identity GovernmentAgencyA -AddressLists @{Remove="GovernmentAgencyA-ALL","GovernmentAgencyB-All";Add="GovernmentAgencyA-Atlanta","GovernmentAgencyA-Moscow"} |
For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-AddressBookPolicy.