How to Create a New Offline Address Book

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The Default Offline Address List (shown in the following figure) contains all the addresses listed in the global address list.

Offline Address Lists container in Exchange System Manager

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You can create additional offline address books if necessary by performing the following procedure.

Procedure

To create a new offline address book

  1. In Exchange System Manager, under Recipients, right-click Offline Address Lists, point to New, and then click Offline Address List.

  2. Type a name for the offline address list. This will be the name of the offline address book object in Active Directory. You will use this name when you manage the offline address book in Exchange System Manager. Outlook does not use this name.

  3. To select a public folder server for the offline address book, click Browse. Type the name of the server, or use the Advanced option to find a server.

  4. Click Next, and then use Add and Remove to select address lists for Exchange Server 2003 to use as sources for the offline address book. Then, finish the steps of the New Object - Offline Address List Wizard.

Exchange Server 2003 will configure the Active Directory object for the offline address book. The offline address book files will be created the next time the Exchange store maintenance processes run.