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Configuring an Outlook 2010 LDAP Address Book with Campus Active Directory (CampusAD) - TB18506

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Overview

When a unit joins the MSU Campus Active Directory the standard global address book lists everyone on campus that is in the active directory. For many units it may be useful to configure a separate address book listing only personnel within the local Organizational Unit (OU).

Note: Access to the central LDAP directory from off-campus requires the use of a VPN connection.

Open Outlook and open account settings

Open Outlook and select "Account Settings" from the File menu.Open Outlook, File Account Settings

Create a new address book

Click on the Address Books Tab then click "New".Create a new Address Book

Select the option to configure an LDAP Address Book

Select the Internet Directory Service (LDAP) and then Click "Next"select ldap address book

Configure the Address Book Server Information

  1. Enter the following server information:
    • Server Name: campusad.msu.edu,
    • This server requires me to log on checkbox: Selected
    • User Name and Password: CampusAD login credentials
    • Require Secure Password Authentication (SPA) checkbox: Selected
  2. Click the More Settings button. The informational message “You must restart Outlook for these changes to take effect.” displays.
  3. Click OK and proceed to the next step.
configure the address book

Configure Additional Settings

  1. On the Connection tab, enter the Display name for the organizational unit (OU) that you wish to search. (The example used here is "UGC" but you should enter the information that matches your organizational unit.)
  2. Click the Search tab.
Enter your organizational unit

Configure the Search Options

On the Search tab:

  1. Change the "Search Base" selection to Custom
  2. Enter the desired search critera in the form: OU=YourOrganizationalUnit,DC=campusad,DC=MSU,DC=EDU
  3. Check to select the "Enable Browsing" option.
  4. Click OK to save the settings.
  5. Click through the remaining prompts to restart Outlook.
configure search string

Additional configuration for searching the full MSU public directory

If desired, set up an additional address book to search the entire MSU public directory. See TB17432.

Changing your default Address Book - Step 1

From the "Home" menu, select "Address books". Then select "Options" under the "Tools" menu.select address books from home menu

Changing your default Address Book - Step 2

Use the drop down menu from "When opening the address book, use this address book first" prompt to select the desired default address book.

You can also use this same window to change the default search order of all of your address books when sending mail. Most users, however, will want to leave the first one set to "Global Address Book". select default address book for lookups

Keywords for this Document

address book, outlook address book, campus ad address book

Date Last Modified: 3/31/2016 10:44:54 PM

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