How to specify a group of users access a limited Address List

Introduction

This script will set a group of users with custom attribute to view a limited address list.

Scenarios

This script is to set a group of users with custom attribute to view a limited address list. For example, the student can only find other recipients in the same grade in address list.

Script

You can use this script in the following way.

1. Open Windows PowerShell.

2. Type the one command< Script Path> at the Windows PowerShell Console.
For example, type C:\Script\ SetALPolicy.ps1

Here are some code snippets for your references.

PowerShell
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$str = "(CustomAttribute9 -eq '$Attr')"
$Filter = [scriptblock]::Create($str)
New-GlobalAddressList -name "GAL_$Name" -RecipientFilter $filter


New-OfflineAddressBook -name "OAB_$Name" -AddressLists "GAL_$Name"


New-AddressBookPolicy -name "ABP_$Name" -AddressLists $Name -OfflineAddressBook "\OAB_$Name" -GlobalAddressList "\GAL_$Name" -RoomList ("\" + $Name + "_Resources")
Examples

Example: The students' mailbox has customattribue9 which is filled with grade year. The following example is to create the address list for student in 2014.

The sample is showed below
 SetALPolicy.ps1 -Credential $credential –Attr 2014 –Name 2014Grade

Result Screenshot:

Prerequisites

Exchange Online
Windows PowerShell 2.0

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