How can I only use an online address book?

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I want to setup my small office to only use contacts from a server based
address book. Do I need to copy all the contacts to the Global Address List,
or can I just define a specific address book on the server? Also, I would
like to have people add contacts *only* to this address book. If my salesman
is out of town and he's been conversing with an associate at another office I
want that (email address) information to be available to me.
 
If you want people to be able to add contacts to a central address list, then
the Global Address List is not the list you want to use. Instead, you can
create a public folder in the Public Folders\All Public Folders hierarchy to
hold contacts and set access permissions for that new folder appropriately.

You cannot, however, force Outlook to use only that public folder for
contacts. You'll need to educate your users in its importance. You might also
want to looik at the tools available for synchronizing public and mailbox
folders -- see http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm
 
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