This will explain how to create a new Address Book Policy, it is not just the New-AddresBookPolicy cmdlet.
In this scenario we will setup a new address book policy for RD (Research & Development) Department. Below is the list of cmdlets you need to type in order to create ABP for HR Department
Things you need to setup before creating a new Address Book Policy – Pre Reqs
1- Global Address List for RD
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New-GlobalAddressList -Name “GAL RD” -IncludedRecipients MailboxUsers -ConditionalDepartment RD
2- New Address list for RD
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New-AddressList -Name “RD” -RecipientFilter {((RecipientType -eq ‘UserMailbox’))} -RecipientContainer RD
3- New Offline Address Book for RD
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New-OfflineAddressBook -Name “RD OAB” -AddressLists “RD” -VirtualDirectories “Ex2013-mbx1OAB (Default Web Site)”
4 – New Room list — for room list you will need to setup a room mailbox and distribution group
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New-Mailbox -Database “MBX2DB1” -Name RD_Confroom -OrganizationalUnit “RD” -DisplayName “RD_ConfRoom” -Room
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New-DistributionGroup -Name “RD_ConfRoomList” -OrganizationalUnit “WindowsITAdmin.net/RD” -RoomList
Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity “RD_ConfRoomList” -Member RD_Confroom@WINDOWSITADMIN.NET
Use shell to convert the Distro to Room List
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set-DistributionGroup -Identity “RD_ConfRoomList” -RoomList
get the list of room list
Get-DistributionGroup -RecipientTypeDetails ‘roomlist’
Create a new Address Book Policy based on above details for R&D Department
New-AddressBookPolicy -Name “RD ABP” -AddressLists “RD” -OfflineAddressBook “RD OAB” -GlobalAddressList “GAL RD” -RoomList “RD_confRoomList”
Now apply the policy to a mailbox in R&D department
Set-Mailbox RD1 -AddressBookPolicy ‘RD ABP’
This is how ABP can lock down a user mailbox to specific to their department.
