I need my SharePoint users to show up in our Exchange 2003 Global Address List. We are running MOSS 2007 and Exchange 2003. Both machines are members of the same AD domain. I have extended the site to use FBA and the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider and are using ExCM from SharePoint solutions to allow users to request a new accounts. New SharePoint accounts are created in Active Directory correctly, however they are not email enabled, therefore do not show up in the GAL. I'm also testing the SQLProfileProvider to address the lack of profile support with the AD provider. If it would be "easier" to sync the SQL users to AD as mail enabled contacts - I'm open to that option. Any suggestions on how the best way to accomplish this? P.S. I should also say that these users will have external SMTP addresses - not an actual Exchange mailbox.

Hi A.Powell, Here is a list of the objects which you find the Global Address List. · Mailbox enabled accounts. Regular users with MAPI mailboxes Active Directory accounts. · Mail-enabled users. Contractors who have an Active Directory logon but no mailbox. (No mailbox in your Exchange Organization.) · Contacts. Suppliers, customers, people with email address outside your organization. No Active Directory account. Thankfully, contacts have a different symbol in the GAL. · Distribution groups. These can be Global or Universal Groups, but they are designed for email rather than security. These are sometimes referred to as DLs - Distribution lists instead of distribution groups. Pay attention to detail and examine the Members and MemberOf tabs. · Query-based distribution groups. Well worth setting up. Again, note the different symbol from other groups. Incidentally, I wish Microsoft would use different colors for different scopes of group. Say, Red for Universal and Green for Local Groups. · Mail-enabled groups. Security groups that have mailboxes. Guy says that unless you have a good reason, favour the classic Distribution group and avoid Mail Enabled Security Groups. · Public Folders. Mail-enabled public folders if your users need an easy way to post. Global Address Lists - All of Exchange's mail recipients are in the GAL. (Except hidden mailboxes). By default, everything and anything with an email address is here. For more information about how to create a mail enabled user, please refer to the following article: Understanding Mailbox Enabled and Mail Enabled Recipients in Exchange 2003 http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Understanding-Mailbox-Enabled-Mail-Enabled-Recipients.html Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 - GAL (Global Address List) http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/exchange2003/exchange2003_GAL.htm Hope this helps. Rock WangRock Wang MSFT