Applies to: Exchange Server 2013

Topic Last Modified: 2012-07-12

Use the Get-AddressBookPolicy cmdlet to return address book policies that match the specified conditions.

Syntax

Get-AddressBookPolicy [-Identity <MailboxPolicyIdParameter>] [-DomainController <Fqdn>] [-Organization <OrganizationIdParameter>]

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

This example returns detailed information about all address book policies in your organization by pipelining the Format-List cmdlet.

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Get-AddressBookPolicy | Format-List

EXAMPLE 2

This example returns default information about the address book policy All Fabrikam

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Get-AddressBookPolicy -Identity "All Fabrikam"

EXAMPLE 3

This example returns information about all address book policies for which the offline address book (OAB) that the address book policy uses is named Fabrikam All OAB.

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Get-AddressBookPolicy | where {$_.OfflineAddressBook eq "\Fabrikam All OAB"} 

Detailed Description

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although all parameters for this cmdlet are listed in this topic, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To see what permissions you need, see the "Address book policies" entry in the Email Address and Address Book Permissions topic.

Parameters

Parameter Required Type Description

DomainController

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn

The DomainController parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain controller that retrieves data from Active Directory.

Identity

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.MailboxPolicyIdParameter

The Identity parameter specifies the identity of the address book policy.

Organization

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.OrganizationIdParameter

The Organization parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.

Input Types

To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t accept input data.

Return Types

To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn’t return data.