Exchange 2007 – Manually Update Global Address List

Sometimes it’s necessary to manually update a Global Address List in Exchange 2007 to allow recent contacts to appear quicker than usual.

To do this you will need to run the following powershell command for the server.

If you have used a different name for the GAL or have multiple GAL’s you will need to specify the correct name for the ‘-identy’ parameter.

Update-GlobalAddressList –identity “Default Global Address List”