Hide bookings calendars from GAL

Hide bookings calendars from GAL
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 Mar 25 2022
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Please give the option to hide bookings calendars from the GAL.  Multiple options are needed:

>hide during creation by users.

>hide by admins individually or in bulk.  

>default org wide policy to control bookings in GAL

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This deserves way more votes.

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You can hide calendars from GAL by Powershell 7 commands: 

  1. Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
  2. Install-Module -Name Az -Scope CurrentUser -Repository PSGallery -Force
  3. Connect-AzAccount
  4. Connect-ExchangeOnline -UserPrincipalName email address removed for privacy reasons
  5. Set-Mailbox -Identity email address removed for privacy reasons -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $true
  6. Disconnect-ExchangeOnline
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You can hide automatically by changing the GAL filter : 

 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/address-books/address-lists/configure-global-address-list...

 

And exclude mailbox with RecipientTypeDetails = SchedulingMailBox

 

You can also make a script that hide them.