Editing the default template in Global Address becomes much adequate nowadays ,
where organization have the user Contact information intact ,
Organized IT team always wants to update information list like IP phone, Room Number in the Global Address list
And also IT team wants to remove some unwanted information from the Global Address list ,
So will learn how to do it .
Open your Outlook – Open your address book – Double Clicking on the User1 for example shows this.
So I feel “Assistant” is unwanted there , and I want to replace it with “Cabin Number”
Open Exchange Management Console – Toolbox – Details Template Editior
As we are going to Edit a template of a user , Choosing English User
We can edit a Group , PF folder , Mailbox Agent , Contact so n So, Have a look at it , if you want to customize it
But am not going to concentrate on that as of now
Choosing Assistant give me the Option to Change its Values
Changing my Assistant to Cabin Number as per my requirement
Entered “Cabin Number:”
Now the Template is Edited , But where we are going to enter the Cabin Number , That what we should decide.
Click on the Empty Space , As there is no Dedicated Attribute for “Cabin Number:” , We have choose them .
Am Using Ms-Exch-Extension-Attribute-15 as they are empty in my Organization
Am Saving the Edited Template ,
Now For Example I will Add a Value for User1 in Cabin Number for Testing Purposes
Set-Mailbox –Identitly User1 –CustomAttribute15 12345
Now Opening Outlook , You can see “Assistant” has been replaced with “Cabin Number” having Value 12345
Great !!
You learnt how to Customize the Entries in Global Address list
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Is it possible to add birthday/date to the details template.
Yes it is Possible Cedric !
You can define it to a CustomAttribute and Enter the Birthday day in that. and place it the template.
Hi,
I have query related to same topic. I want to remove “Department” field from the address book.
How we can achieve the same? Actually, I don’t want to display this column when user open the address book.
Is it possible, we can hide or remove this column?
Yes you can edit the Department and remove it or you change it ,
That shouldnt create any problem. I prefer to test it on a lab
hi,
How can I deploy these template to the users?
I have changed a template but if i open my outlook it doesn’t show the changed template.
kind regards
Update your oab . Or change outlook to online mode
I have donwloaded the OAB again but that doesn’t seem to do the trick.
Any ideas?
kind regards
Create a Test user. Make sure you see it on the OAB . Then its an updated OAB . You got to Restart FDS and Backgroupd file transfer service to update them instantly. otherwise it takes some time.
hi. why is it that in mine, when i do “Set-Mailbox –Identitly User1 –CustomAttribute15 12345” it will say positinal parameter not found?
it seems that field name used in the template editor is not the same as seen from EMS.
You can try Get-mailbox “User” make sure it returns value
Get-mailbox “User” | -Custom 133
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I want to Hide / Delete the Title / Business phone columns in GAL. Is it possible…??
Pl let me know. Awaiting your reply.
Yes its possible . Just delete and update.(Verify on lab . before production)
Great information, thanks for sharing. I see that you can remove columns in the gal, but can you also add custom columns as well in the gal? For example, I want to add a column with a custom filed that will show if the user is an employee or consultant.
There is always unwanted columns in the GAL . which is never used. better use them .It should allow you to add one as well .
Is it possable to add one of these created feilds to the contact card in outlook and if so how ?
THIS WAS AMAZING!!!
Is there a way to edit the Address Book columns? I would like to add Mobile phone numbers to the Global Address List
THIS WAS AMAZING!!! THANK YOUU!!!
Is there a way to edit the Address Book columns? I would like to add Mobile phone numbers to the Global Address List
Hi Manoharan,
Is this Default Template details available in Hybrid model Exchange 2013 as we could see only Tool option which says “Check your on-premises Exchange Server with the Office 365 Best Practices Analyzer
details | prerequisites”.
Please confirm.
In On-premises Exchange server, we can use the Details Templates Editor to customize the client-side graphical user interface (GUI) presentation of object properties that are accessed by using address lists in Microsoft Outlook. However, this tool isn’t visible in Exchange Online O365
Hello Sath, How can I import missing business phone numbers into the users GAL? Do I need to manually add them in the telephone number Attribute Editor and Sync? (Not all business phone numbers are missing on the GAL. need to add the missing phone numbers. Thank you
Better Import via CSV using Powershell. Much easier than doing one by one
Hello , Good idea. Let me see if I can find or write the correct PS Script. Thank you for the reply back. Much appreciated.
Hello Sath,
This is excellent artical! I am looking for a way to put HTML link (I mean clickable) in some of the fields.