Forum Discussion
Unable to search for new users
Hi
I've noticed that since September, users aren't able to search for any new users. Whether its typing a name into the TO box on Outlook Web App or searching for them in Office 365 Groups, new users created over the summer just don't appear. I can't figure out why. I, as an admin account, don't have the issue. But normal teachers and students are struggling.
Anyone know why as I'm at a loss.
Thanks
5 Replies
I'd be curious to know if you have a different Address Book Policy created [Get-AddressBookPolicy] should return empty if you haven't created a new one).
Also:
1. Compare the AddressListMembership parameter ["(Get-Mailbox <user>).AddressListMembership"] between your account and one of the affected user accounts
2. ["Get-OrganizationConfig | select HierarchicalAddressBookRoot"] to verify if there's a HAB created
- Hi
So I've run them commands and found some interesting things out.
The first Get-AddressBookPolicy command shows that I have 5 address books. These were setup before I started at the school though so I'm not sure where they are located or how to change them.
The second command I ran for myself and a user that is not showing up when searched for. We both had the same outcomes but they were in different orders though. IE I had the Default Global Address List at the top of the results, where as the other user had it at the bottom. I don't really know what that means though.
The last command i guessed would show me the hierachy of the address book and answer my question from the 2nd command. But it displays lots of data that I don't know much about.
I had a friend who is a lot more Office365 savvy than I am look at it and he was puzzled too saying the 3rd command didn't show anything.
So not to sure what it all means I'm afraid.Good news is you've identified where the problem lies, bad news is it appears to be a complex setup (not unusual though). There definitely seems to be a reason why you have this setup, so unwrapping them would be the first step.
Having no Address Book policy assigned to a user would mean he/she can view the complete address book in entire org. In case that's what you're looking for you can run:
Set-Mailbox user -AddressBookPolicy:$Null
HABs simply helps search for users in the org by org hierarchy, thus providing an efficient way to find a user. More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/address-books/hierarchical-address-books/hierarchical-address-books
Could be. To my knowledge though we don't but the o365 tenancy was setup very strangely. I'll give those commands ago. PS isn't my strongest skill though.
Thanks
N
