Questions tagged [gal]

Global Address List (GAL) is a directory service within the Microsoft Exchange email system.

The Global Address List (GAL) also known as Microsoft Exchange Global Address Book is a directory service within the Microsoft Exchange email system. The GAL contains information for all email users, distribution groups, and Exchange resources.

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Exchange: Update GAL automatically

I'm working in a small app that needs to integrate contacts into my company Exchange server. I managed to "push" all this contacts into a user contacts list, but I'd need to share this contacts amongst everybody. My question is: is there a way to…
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How to write to Global Address List as third application with Exchange Online?

I am looking for a way to write to the Global Address List of an Exchange Online account. EWS only provides name resolution against GAL. Is there a way to access this list in write mode as a third application?
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User Not in GAL

I have a user in AD that does not appear in the domains GAL. This user is in the same security groups and OU as the rest of the users. Nothing seems out of the ordinary. Is there a way to manually have the user appear in the GAL?
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HTA, Outlook Global Address List, bring to front

I have an HTA application that launches Outlook's Global Address List (GAL) so that the user can easily pick an email recipient from our company directory. However, when launched the GAL window is not brought to the front of the screen. It is…
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How pull GAL of a different mailbox (Exchange) in Outlook or develop an outlook Add-in to do that

The company I work for is a contractors for a large organisation with thousands and thousands of users. This organisation have setup some mailboxes for us to access their GAL (Global Address Book). Although we need access to this GAL but at the same…
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Exchange global address list (GAL) access from unix

What are the ways of accessing exchange global address list(GAL) and doing some operation on them (like finding manager of a contact, etc.) in unix? This can be done in pretty straightforward way in VBA Outlook App in windows. I am trying to find…
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Excel VBA, return GAL value

I have a very simple small app in mind which will help me save time from alt tabbing from excel to outlook. I want to create a small userform that will have a textbox for an exchange user alias and returns the exchange user's full name. The issue I…
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Microsoft Office Outlook 2013 - Define a delegate from my contacts

By default, in Microsoft Office Outlook 2013 I can define a delegate from the GAL (Global Address List). Is there a way to choose an entity from my contacts like can be done when sending an email? thanks.
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