How to set a default Address Book Policy without running any command through Powershell?

Steven Paredes 20

Hi everyone,

I'm posting this question because I'm looking for a way to apply an Address Book Policy with empty address lists so that users don't have any GAL available. Later, the management will be done to assign the correct ABP to the employees based on the company name properties.

The idea is not to have to run Powershell commands and not to allow for a while that users see addresses that they don't have to see.

Do you know if it is possible to do this? If so, how would it be configured?

Thanks in advance.

Bruce Jing-MSFT 4,800 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-09-23T05:13:10.34+00:00

Hello, @Steven Paredes

It's been a long time since I've heard from you, have you solved your problem yet? Did my previous reply help you？ If it was useful, you can mark it as an answer. Thank you for your understanding and support.

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Bruce Jing-MSFT 4,800 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-09-18T03:02:31.0933333+00:00

Hi，@Steven Paredes

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

It sounds like you're working with Microsoft Exchange and want to configure Address Book Policies (ABPs) to control which users see which Global Address List (GAL).

I checked the official documentation and found that you can only create, modify, delete, and update a GAL using Exchange Online PowerShell.

According to the documentation, you can only use Exchange Online PowerShell to create ABP, so your requirement cannot be met.

If my answer is helpful to you, please mark it as the answer so that other users can refer to it. Thank you for your support and understanding.
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Steven Paredes 20 Reputation points

2024-09-19T09:35:19.75+00:00

Hi Bruce,

Thanks for your response.

Yes, the creation would be done through Powershell as indicated in the documentation.

My question is more focused on the assignment of the ABP that I have created, that is, I want the new ABP that I create to be the one that is assigned by default to all the users that are created in the organization. The current users will be assigned the new ABP through Powershell, but we do not want to run Powershell on a recurring basis and leave the time until the Powershell commands are executed again with the address lists visible to users that we do not want.

Thanks in advance.

Bruce Jing-MSFT 4,800 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-09-20T01:16:06.8933333+00:00

Hi，@Steven Paredes

It's nice to hear back from you. In addition to using PowerShell to assign ABP to a mailbox, you can also use EAC to assign ABP to a mailbox.

If you want to assign ABP to more than one mailbox, you can follow the method below.

You can refer to this link for details:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/address-books/address-book-policies/assign-an-address-book-policy-to-mail-users?source=recommendations#use-the-eac-to-assign-an-abp-to-a-mailbox

If my answer is helpful to you, please mark it as the answer so that other users can refer to it. Thank you for your support and understanding.

Steven Paredes 20 Reputation points

2024-09-23T13:35:41.3166667+00:00

Hi Bruce,

Steven Paredes 20 Reputation points

2024-09-23T13:36:57.62+00:00

Hi Bruce,

Thank you for your response.

Yes, that is an option to assign the ABP, but it is not what I am looking for.

The idea is:

Create the ABP with empty address lists with Powershell.

Configure some way for that ABP to be assigned to any new user automatically without running any script or performing any portal management manually.

Verify that the ABP that is applied by default when creating a new user is the one created and not an empty one that allows to see all the lists of addresses.

In this way, we avoid that new users see address lists that do not apply to them.

I hope you can guide me, if possible.

Thanks in advance.

Bruce Jing-MSFT 4,800 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-09-24T01:27:30.8166667+00:00

Hi，@Steven Paredes

I checked the official Microsoft documentation, and for the time being, it doesn't offer any other methods than these two. I'm sorry that your idea is not possible.

If my answer is helpful to you, please mark it as the answer so that other users can refer to it. Thank you for your support and understanding.
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