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How do I force an immediate update of the Global Address Book in Outlook 2016 Mac

Anonymous
2015-07-16T15:32:03+00:00

When changes are made to contacts on the server, those changes are not immediately visible in Outlook.

In Outlook 2013 for Windows, I can force it to download a new copy of our Global Address Book like so:

  1. Select the Send/Receive tab on the Ribbon.
  2. Click Send/Receive Groups and then click Download Address Book.
  3. Click OK.

How do I accomplish this in Outlook 2016 for Mac?

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-07-24T11:43:55+00:00

    Are you saying that because you're 100% certain the feature I want simply doesn't exist in the Mac version?

    I've been holding out hope that it's in here, somewhere, and I just haven't found it it.

    I work for a large enterprise, and it's not unusual to have new people added every day, and its the nature of my job that I often need to communicate with those new hires.

    Well, I suppose I can always go back to using OS X Contacts, which doesn't seem to have this problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-17T02:10:17+00:00

    Use the smiley and send feedback / suggestion to Microsoft about the same..

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-24T17:30:36+00:00

    I don't mean that I manually add them to OS X Contacts. It's not necessary -- OS X Contacts natively supports connectivity with our Exchange server.  So if someone else adds a new hire to Exchange, it's visible instantly in OS X contacts.

    It's as if Apple made a better Exchange client than Microsoft.

    (Apple's Calendar app and Mail app also work as Exchange clients.)

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-07-24T14:49:01+00:00

    So, if you add those contacts to OS X Contacts instead of to Outlook, they automatically update? Kinda annoying to have them in 2 different places, I must say. But they do sync into Outlook it seems?

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