Export GAL to Outlook contacts automatically

I don't know know how old this is but I think I might have found a GPO that may help. Credit where credit is due, here is the link that pointed me to it: http://adrianchatto.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/disableenable-auto-suggest-contacts-in-outlook-2010-and-2007-with-gpo/

First you need to download the Administrative templates for Office2010. I downloaded them and extracted them to my desktop. Then I took the outlk14.admx file and copied it to my domain controllers C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\ folder. You must also copy the outlk14.adml file to C:\windows\PolicyDefinitions\en-US\ otherwise you get a parsing error when you open the GPME and click on the Administrative Templates. So then I created a GPO called Outlookfix and an OU in my domain to link the GPO to. Edit the GPO and with the files in place you should be able to navigate to the following: User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Outlook 2010\Outlook Options\ Preferences\Email Options\Advanced E-mail Options\When sending a message

I set the "when sending a message" to enabled and checked everything EXCEPT "Automatic name checking" and "Suggest names while completing To, Cc, and Bcc fields"

I then moved a test computer into the OU I created on the domain and ran gpupdate /force. Open outlook, new message, and when I type in an email address that previously was a suggested contact it doesn't auto complete. One thing to note this doesn't deleted the current suggested contacts it just disables using them on "sending a message" which ultimately was the behavior I needed.for my problem.

I hope this give some other people some ideas because this has be something that has plagued me since upgrading to Exchange2010 / Outlook 2010.

Is there a reason why creating them as external mail contacts in Exchange doesn't meet your needs? Maybe I'm missing something but creating Mail Contacts should do this just fine. You will then get them as part of the global address list to do with what you please, and IIRC that would include pushing out to Exchange ActiveSync users.

Just tested creating a mail contact in the GAL here, it creates an alias in the GAL that you can do whatever you wish with. Looking at the test object I've just created, it includes fields for address and phone info, but I've not tested phoning that user, that's not a scenario we have here.

Having tested this, I created a mail contact and put my home email and office phone into it. Just emailed home and called work phone via an Exchange ActiveSync account on my iPhone successfully. So there's nothing fundamentally preventing it from working, its all down to how the device implements it, I guess.