Applies to: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Online
Topic Last Modified: 2012-10-14
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 Address Book Policies.
For additional management tasks related to address lists, see Address List Procedures.
What do you need to know before you begin?
- Estimated time to complete each procedure: 5 minutes.
- You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this
procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the
"Address lists" entry in the Email Address and
Address Book Permissions topic.
- You can’t use the Exchange Administration Center (EAC) to
perform this procedure. You must use the Shell.
- For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the
procedures in this topic, see Keyboard Shortcuts in
the Exchange Admin Center.
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| Having problems? Ask for help in the Exchange forums. Visit the forums at: Exchange Server, Exchange Online, or Exchange Online Protection |
What do you want to do?
Use the Shell to create a GAL using conditional filter properties
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 |
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For detailed syntax and parameter information, see New-GlobalAddressList.
Use the Shell create a GAL using a recipient filter
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"}
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For detailed syntax and parameter information, see New-GlobalAddressList.