Disclaimer: I haven't worked with address book views in years, I'm tired and I'm cranky.
Let's establish what the goals are here. Do the users from each company currently see each other in the GAL? Should they? I'll answer the rest once I know the answer to the previous quesion(s), but the short answer is that unless there are some things in place which aren't mentioned the plan below does not appear to meet the desired objectives (yet). -----Original Message----- From: Blunt, James H (Jim) To: Exchange Discussions Sent: 5/17/2002 5:12 PM Subject: Address Book Views I think I know what I'm doing, but I just want to make sure, before I do it. I would also like to know what effect this is going to have on what my users see. If I really don't know what I'm doing, please feel free to correct my ignorance in whatever fashion you feel necessary (flames, links to reading, helpful tips, etc). I am currently reading Paul Robichaux's book, "Managing MS Exchange Server", Chapter 9, pgs 322-330. CONFIGURATION: -Ex5.5, SP4 / Win2k, SP2 -Organization consists of two sites...let's call them A & B. -Both sites have a single Recipient container (right now) that replicate to the GAL. -The two companies that share this organization have nothing to do with each other. They are completely separate companies, that due to both being government subcontractors on the same site, share the same Exchange organization. SITUATION: - I'm going to create a "Corporate" recipient container in our site, Site B. - In the initial ABV that I create, on the Group By tab, I'm going to set the "Group Items by" option to Site, then City. - On the Advanced tab, I'm going to uncheck the "Promote entries to parent containers" option. - I am then going to import the .csv file containing the e-mail addresses of all our employees around the world as Custom Recipients (approx. 22,500 & 11 mb worth of contacts) into the new "Corporate" recipient container I created for Site B. OUTCOME: I'm hoping that this will allow me to: 1) Create the new container; 2) Import all these contacts into the container; 3) Have the container name show up in the other site, but they won't be able to see any of the recipients. Did I get it right? Jim Blunt _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
