Automatic Adding Of Address Books

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We currently have some 200 client workstations spread over several sites and
are looking for an easy way to add an address list to Outlook clients.

We currently use AD as the main source of addresses for users in the domain
as we dont run Exchange.

The issue which we have is adding/updating the address book in Outlook on
client machines on remote sites. We cannot trust the users to perform the
task themselves as they struggle to cope with even the most rudimentary of
tasks at times.

What we would like is any advice on how to automatically add in an address
book into Outlook 2002/2003 to query a specific server for names & addresses.

For example at the moment we query ServerA and logon using an account setup
for specifically this task. It then uses the Search Base
dc=domainname,dc=local and returns the results.

This is working very well, however we are about to make some sweeping
changes to the structure of the domain and dont want to have to visit all 12
sites to make changes on client machines.

Is there any tool available to perform this task automatically?

Thanks

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Microsoft uses text files with a .prf extension and a highly structured format to provide information to OUtlook that enables Outlook to create or modify a mail profile. You can create such .prf files, which can modify an existing mail profile to add an LDAP address book, with the Custom Installation Wizard or Custom Maintenance Wizard tools in the Office Resource Kit. For more details, including a variety of .prf deployment methods, read the excellent white paper "Configuring Outlook Profiles by Using a PRF File" at http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?assetid=HA011403051033&QueryID=pHm7c_60I&respos=3

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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