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Company Directory in Skype for Business
This is exactly what we do, and it works well. The list updates for everyone as employees are added and deleted in the Everyone DL. The only inconsistency I've found is between the Windows and Mac SfB clients (of course). Our Everyone DL is actually constructed of 2 sub-DLs: All employees + All contingent staff. When adding the Everyone DL, the Mac client properly expands the sub-DLs so you get the list of people. But the Windows client only expands to the sub-DLs, meaning we have to add the sub-DLs individually. I recommend testing your particular configuration before locking in the DL structure.
The logic of using these groups defy's my understanding of what is the point when you have a directory with everyone in it on the search tab? Can someone enlighten me why you would even want these groups?
The only problem with this is it won't update new employee's that onboard. Why can't employee's just click search and type a name to find someone? It's linked to the directory by default and technically "All employee's" are in the system, you just only add people you frequently communicate with. Having a list that long just seems cumbersome and most likley would probably impact performance of the client a little bit.
You win the prize for the day. That's such an obvious great answer, I wish I had figured it out for myself.
Thanks.
