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I am running Exchange 2013 with outlook 2013 on Windows 10 Pro x64 for all our users.

I have created an address book called TF-Staff and I wish to set this as the default address book to open when all my users click on new email, To tab.

Currently it looks at the GAL which contains a lot of information that is not relevant to all but I don't wish to edit or loose the GLA option from the pull down list if users wish to access it.

I have set the membership of the address list TF-Staff by specifying it looks for specific text in the "company" field of the users AD account.

I have looked for a Group Policy without success and I don't wish to have to manually edit all users outlook settings on their desktops.

Could I use an Address book Policy? I have looked at the commands but have been unable to create one correctly as I don't understand the syntax.

Is this possible and if so how?

Many thanks

John
- Edited by john tru Monday, March 13, 2017 12:26 PM
Monday, March 13, 2017 12:16 PM

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Hi John

I think, here you get all the information you are searching for: http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=2113

http://www.mustbegeek.com/configure-address-lists-in-exchange-server-2013/
- Edited by Joerg Burmann Monday, March 13, 2017 12:59 PM
- Marked as answer by john tru Tuesday, January 30, 2018 11:24 AM
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Hi John

I think, here you get all the information you are searching for: http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=2113

http://www.mustbegeek.com/configure-address-lists-in-exchange-server-2013/
- Edited by Joerg Burmann Monday, March 13, 2017 12:59 PM
- Marked as answer by john tru Tuesday, January 30, 2018 11:24 AM
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Hi John,

Based on my knowledge, there is no build-in settings in GPO to set the default Address Book list for Outlook client.

If you are looking for any method such as Address Book Policy in Exchange server side, I suggest you can ask a question in Exchange server forum for more suggestion:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/home?category=exchangeserver

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For your reference, here is an article talked about the address book policies deployment scenarios:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj657455(v=exchg.150).aspx
Regards,

Winnie Liang

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- Proposed as answer by Winnie LiangMicrosoft contingent staff Thursday, March 16, 2017 5:45 AM
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:03 AM