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Best way a access Outlook Global Address Book with SQL Server 2008

How do you access the global Address book in Outlook with SQL Server 2008?
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As shown above,  you don't. Anything using a database engine like Oracle or MS SQL requires that the server has access to the data source.
Here you would have to install Outlook on the MS SQL machine with the same bitness (32bit or 64bit), create a mail profile for the MS SQL Service user, and then you would be able to use Jet (32bit) or ACE (64bit) drivers to access Outlook data.

So why would you want to do that? Probably there is a much better way to get to the desired data.