Outlook Address Book Tab not visible

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

umranin - 17 Feb 2005 18:05 GMT

Hi,

I have added an additional microsoft outlook mailbox using the advanced tab
from within Microsoft Exchange properties. This mailbox has contacts that I
need to be able to access through the address book. I documentation
mentioning that the way to do this is to right click on the contact folder,
select properties and check a box on the "Outlook Address Book" tab. However,
for this secondary (additional) mailbox that I have added, I cannot see the
"Outlook Address Book" tab. I can see only a few of the tabs that appear
under the mailbox.

Reply to this Message

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 17 Feb 2005 19:06 GMT

The process of adding another user's Contacts folder to your own address
book display is somewhat involved. You will need to be able to create -- at
least temporarily -- an Outlook profile that opens another user's mailbox as
the primary mailbox. Proceed with these steps while logged in under your own
Windows account, not the other user's:

1. Create an Outlook profile that connects directly to the other user's
mailbox, not your own, and start Outlook with that profile.

2. On the Properties dialog for the other user's Contacts folder, make sure
that it's set to display in the Outlook Address Book and give it a display
name other than contacts, such as Joe's Contacts.

3. Close Outlook.

4. In Control Panel | Mail, edit the *same profile* (i.e. the one from Step
1) to change the mailbox from the other user's to your own.

5. Still working with the same profile, on the Advanced tab of the Exchange
Server service, add the other user's mailbox as a secondary mailbox.

6. Restart Outlook, and you should see the Joe's Contacts in your Outlook
Address Book as well as your own Contacts folder.

Signature

Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

> Hi,
>
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> "Outlook Address Book" tab. I can see only a few of the tabs that appear
> under the mailbox.

Reply to this Message

umranin - 17 Feb 2005 20:49 GMT

Thanks. That was very helpful

> The process of adding another user's Contacts folder to your own address
> book display is somewhat involved. You will need to be able to create -- at
[quoted text clipped - 35 lines]
> > "Outlook Address Book" tab. I can see only a few of the tabs that appear
> > under the mailbox.

Reply to this Message