

The files from the offline address book you will find on the client in the following directory. You will find a list of arbitration mailboxes under the following article from Microsoft: Get-Mailbox -Arbitration | where | Format-List Name,ServerName,PersistedCapabilitiesĪrbitration mailboxes are used for storing different types of system data and for managing messaging approval workflow. To find the organization mailboxes in your organization, run the following command:ĭetermine which arbitration mailbox is responsible for OAB generation

An organization mailbox is an arbitration mailbox that has the OrganizationCapabilityOABGen value in the PersistedCapability property. Only organization mailboxes can generate OABs. Get-OfflineAddressBook | Update-OfflineAddressBook

#EXCHANGE 2016 OFFLINE ADDRESS BOOK UPDATE#
To update all OABs you can run the following command:
#EXCHANGE 2016 OFFLINE ADDRESS BOOK DOWNLOAD#
If you disable the web distribution you will get a warning that users will not be able to download the content of the offline address book. Get-OfflineAddressBook | Set-OfflineAddressBook -VirtualDirectories $null -GlobalWebDistributionEnabled $true You can enable the web distribution with the following command: Get-OfflineAddressBook | fl Name,GlobalWebDistributionEnabled,VirtualDirectories To check if enabled please run the following command: You probably doesn’t have enabled the public folder distribution or web distribution for the offline address book. Task reported error ( 0x80190194): ‘The operation failed.’ If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn't return data.In case you will get during an attempt to download the offline address book from Exchange Server the following error in Outlook: To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. I also checked 'Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\ClientAccess\OAB' but there is no folder with OAB files. Exchange 2016 did not even create Default Offline Address Book. I checked OAB in my environment and found only Exchange 2013 OAB. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn't accept input data. Hello, I recently installed Exchange 2016 in existing environment of Exchange 2013. To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. Type:Įxchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019 You can't use this parameter with the Identity parameter. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the server. The Server parameter returns all of the OABs that are generated by the specified Exchange 2010 or earlier server. The Server property for an OAB is blank, because the OAB is generated by an arbitration mailbox. Note: This parameter isn't relevant in Exchange 2013 or later. This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange. This example returns specific properties for all existing OABs, including the GeneratingMailbox property that specifies the arbitration mailbox that's responsible for generating the OAB. Example 3 Get-OfflineAddressBook | Format-List Name,AddressLists,GeneratingMailbox,GUID This example returns detailed information about the OAB named Default Offline Address Book. Example 2 Get-OfflineAddressBook -Identity "\Default Offline Address Book" | Format-List This example returns a summary list of all existing OABs. Examples Example 1 Get-OfflineAddressBook To find the permissions required to run any cmdlet or parameter in your organization, see Find the permissions required to run any Exchange cmdlet. Although this topic lists all parameters for the cmdlet, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. In this article Syntax Get-Offline Address Book For more information, see Add a role to a role group.įor information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax. To use this cmdlet, you need to add the Address Lists role to a role group (for example, to the Organization Management role group). In Exchange Online, this cmdlet is available only in the Address Lists role, and by default, the role isn't assigned to any role groups. Use the Get-OfflineAddressBook cmdlet to view offline address books (OABs).

Some parameters and settings may be exclusive to one environment or the other. This cmdlet is available in on-premises Exchange and in the cloud-based service.
