Configuring hierarchical address books
The idea with hierarchical address books is that you can give your users the ability to search for recipients based on your organization's structure, HAB versus the Global Address List which only provides a flat view. HAB was introduced back in Exchange 2010 SP1. The configuration can only be done using the Exchange Management Shell, and, in this recipe, we'll take a look at an example of how you can configure this feature in your organization. If you're planning on using Outlook with Exchange 2016, it requires at least Outlook version 2010 with KB2965295 or newer.
How to do it...
- It is recommended that you create an OU in Active Directory to store the root HAB objects. You can create a new OU using your Active Directory administration tools, or using PowerShell. The following code can be used to create an OU in the root of the Contoso domain called HAB:
$objDomain = [ADSI]''
$objOU = $objDomain.Create('organizationalUnit', 'ou=HAB')
$objOU...
