Contacts in A.D.

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Dale

Is there a way to hide a contact in Active Directory? I
know how to hide a mailbox from the GAL, but I need to
see if there is a way to hide an actual contact in A.D.
 
Hello!

Yes on Exchange Advanced Tab you can hide it from the GAL, if there is no
Exchange Advanced Tab, click View menu in the AD users and Computers snapin,
and select Advanced Features.

//Christoffer Andersson
 
I know how to hide a mailbox from the GAL, but is there a
way to hide an actual Contact from an OU so that people
who can use A.D. tools don't see that contact? Thanks.
 
Put the Users in that OU in to a Security Group and deny read on the contact
object, or on a OU with contact object, it should work

//Christoffer Andersson
 
Dale,
I see you have some answers, but I doubt they are usefull. I am betting you do not want the contacts to show up in the Global list , but you do want them to show up in some other lists. What has worked for us is going to the advanced exchange setting, but rather than hiding the mailbox (which can cause no end of problems) adding a custom attribute like "nogal". Then you need to update the the Recipients\allgloballist\internal preview with something like
(&(&(& (mailnickname=*)(|(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(!(homeMDB=*))(!(msExchHomeServerName=*)))(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(|(homeMDB=*)(msExchHomeServerName=*)))(&(objectCategory=person))(objectCategory=group)(objectCategory=publicFolder) )))(!(extensionattribute1=nogal)))
However I remember that this is a problem since you go over the limit for the Gui cut and paste so you must use asdiedit. So take a backup or move the current string to safe place (using asdiedit not the gui). Why is there a limit in the Gui?? I am clueless. Perhaps so Microsoft can have a reason to host these groups.

If someone has an easier way that allows some contacts in the global list, others not , and all contacts to be seen in some other list please let us know.
Howie

----- Dale wrote: -----

Is there a way to hide a contact in Active Directory? I
know how to hide a mailbox from the GAL, but I need to
see if there is a way to hide an actual contact in A.D.
 
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