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Searching shared contacts in WDS
Running Windows SBS 2003 Exchange Server, Outlook 2003 and WDS 3.01 locally. I created a user and filled their contacts with the contacts I would like to share with other Outlook users here. I can not search this shared contacts list in WDS or in the search bar in Outlook. Any ideas?
Did you actually share the contact list with other users? Have you made the shared contact list an Outlook Address Book on the other users? Generally this isn't the best way to share contacts, by the way.
You are better off using Outlook Business Contact Manager (if you have either the Small Business or Professional version of Office) or if you don't have BCM, then use a public folder for shared contacts.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
You are better off using Outlook Business Contact Manager (if you have either the Small Business or Professional version of Office) or if you don't have BCM, then use a public folder for shared contacts.
Jeff
TechSoEasy
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OK, I moved the contacts into a Public Folder and indexed wds again. I made sure that public folders is selected in indexing. For some reason however, wds does not find contacts in public folders. However, the search bar in Outlook now works. Any ideas?
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A HA!!! It was the fact that the public folder wasn't in favorites... Thanks Jeff
I love having an "A HA" moment, and am glad I was able to provide you one. :-)
Jeff
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OK, here's a question for you TechSoEasy. I dragged the public folder into the favorites. Now there are two contacts lists with the same name, one in all public folders and one in favorites. I would imagine I need to delete one of them?
No, you don't need to delete one of them. The "Favorites" list are just links to the one in Public Folders.
Jeff
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