Create an address book policy in Exchange 2013
Applies to: Exchange Server 2013
Address book policies (ABPs) allow you to segment users into specific groups to provide customized views of your organization's global address list (GAL). When creating an ABP, you assign a GAL, an offline address book (OAB), a room list, and one or more address lists to the policy. You can then assign the ABP to mailbox users, providing them with access to a customized GAL in Outlook and Outlook Web App. The goal is to provide a simpler mechanism to accomplish GAL segmentation for on-premises organizations that require multiple GALs. To learn more about ABPs, see Address book policies.
Interested in scenarios that use this procedure? See Scenario: Deploying address book policies.
What do you need to know before you begin?
Estimated time to complete: Less than 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 book policies" entry in the Email address and address book permissions topic.
Creating an ABP for an organization is a multi-step process that requires planning. For more information, see Scenario: Deploying address book policies.
You can't use the Exchange admin center (EAC) to create ABPs. You must use the Shell.
For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the procedures in this topic, see Keyboard shortcuts for the Exchange admin center in Exchange 2013.
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Use the Shell to create an ABP
This example creates an ABP with the following settings:
Name: All Fabrikam ABP
GAL: All Fabrikam
OAB: Fabrikam-All-OAB
Room list: All Fabrikam Rooms
Address lists: All Fabrikam, All Fabrikam Mailboxes, All Fabrikam DLs, and All Fabrikam Contacts
New-AddressBookPolicy -Name "All Fabrikam ABP" -AddressLists "\All Fabrikam","\All Fabrikam Mailboxes","\All Fabrikam DLs","\All Fabrikam Contacts" -OfflineAddressBook \Fabrikam-All-OAB -GlobalAddressList "\All Fabrikam" -RoomList "\All Fabrikam Rooms"
For detailed syntax and parameter information, see New-AddressBookPolicy.