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I was going to suggest to try Online mode rather the cached exchange mode
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I was going to suggest to try Online mode rather the cached exchange mode

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Kash, we tried online via RDS and staff were complaining that the response was slow. After much research we changed it to cached mode and staff response was that it was better
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Kash, we tried online via RDS and staff were complaining that the response was slow. After much research we changed it to cached mode and staff response was that it was better

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We are in a hybrid mode where half of our users are on office 365 and the other half is on the local 2010 exchange <br />
server. <br />
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For users on outlook 2013 and office 365, it does not default to the global catalog list. It goes to the offline global catalog list. Manually selecting global catalog list produces an error that says &quot;you must be connected to the server/online&quot;. However the users are signed and users are sending/receiving emails &nbsp;with no problems. <br />
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Only way to connect to the global catalog list is to delete all the files in the offline address book folder. Restart outlook and then the user can manually switch over to the global catalog list. <br />
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Is there a way to have all the office 365 users connect to the global catalog list by default via group policy and not the offline global catalog list?
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We are in a hybrid mode where half of our users are on office 365 and the other half is on the local 2010 exchange 
server. 

For users on outlook 2013 and office 365, it does not default to the global catalog list. It goes to the offline global catalog list. Manually selecting global catalog list produces an error that says "you must be connected to the server/online". However the users are signed and users are sending/receiving emails  with no problems. 

Only way to connect to the global catalog list is to delete all the files in the offline address book folder. Restart outlook and then the user can manually switch over to the global catalog list. 

Is there a way to have all the office 365 users connect to the global catalog list by default via group policy and not the offline global catalog list?

Office 365, Exchange 2010 and outlook 2013 global catalog issue

Office 365 is a group of software plus services subscriptions that provides productivity software and related services to its subscribers. Office 365 allows the use of Microsoft Office apps on Windows and OS X, provides storage space on Microsoft's cloud storage service OneDrive, and grants 60 Skype minutes per month. Office 365 includes e-mail and social networking services through hosted versions of Exchange Server, Skype for Business Server, SharePoint and Office Online, integration with Yammer, as well as access to the Office software. All of Office 365's components can be managed and configured through an online portal; users can be added manually, imported from a CSV file, or Office 365 can be set up for single sign-on with a local Active Directory using Active Directory Federation Services.

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.