Microsoft Exchange Server

How to configure Offline Address Book in Exchange Server 2013.

Configure Offline Address Book Exchange 2013, The offline address book (OAB) is employed by Outlook clients using cached mode for address lookups when the clients are offline.

Configure Offline Address Book Exchange 2013

1- Log within the Exchange admin center > click servers > click databases > Highlight your mailbox database and click on the edit.

exchange admin center 2013

2- Select client settings and then click browse.

configure offline address exchange 2013

3- Select Default Offline Address Book and then click on ok.

default offline address book

4- Now you can see the Default Offline Address Book selected as the Offline address book for the mailbox database. so click save.

offline address book client settings

5- The way to create new Offline Address Book and assign to the database in Exchange 2013
This example creates an OAB named OAB NEW that contains the default global address list.
Open Exchange PowerShell console and sort the subsequent command
New-OfflineAddressBook –name “OAB NEW” –Addresslists “\Default Global Address List

configure offline address book powershell

6- Log in to Exchange Admin Center > Left side select Servers > select Databases > Select the database you want to assign the OAB to and then click Edit.

exchange admin center 2013

7- Left side select client settings and click Browse.

configure offline address book exchange 2013

8- Select the OAB to assign to the mailbox database and click ok.

default offline address book

9- Click Save.

offline address book client settings

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Jamil Parvez

Jamil Pervez works as a Network Administrator, based in Kuwait with a Primary focus on Microsoft technologies. Microsoft Certified MCSE, MCTP, MCITP, CCNP, CCIP, CCVP with 20 years of experience in administering Windows Servers, Exchange, VMWare, Veeam B&R, Veritas BackupExec.

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