Applies to: Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Online
Topic Last Modified: 2012-10-14
By default, when you install the Mailbox server role, a Web-based default offline address book (OAB) named Default Offline Address Book is created. You can set any OAB in your Exchange organization as the default OAB. This new default OAB is associated with all newly created mailbox databases. You can have only one default OAB in your organization. If you delete the default OAB, Microsoft Exchange doesn't automatically assign another OAB as the default. You must manually designate another OAB as the default.
For additional management tasks related to OABs, see Offline Address Book 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
"Offline address books" entry in the Recipients
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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Use the Shell to change the default OAB
This example sets the OAB named My OAB as the default OAB.
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Set-OfflineAddressBook -Identity "My OAB" -IsDefault $true |
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For detailed syntax and parameter information, see Set-OfflineAddressBook.