Q. How can I use PowerShell to get a list of all Exchange users who are hidden from the Global Address List (GAL)?

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August 15, 2008 Q. How can I use PowerShell to get a list of all Exchange users who are hidden from the Global Address List (GAL)? A Web Exclusive from FAQ for Windows John Savill Exchange/Outlook InstantDoc #100079 FAQ for Windows	Email this Article Printer Friendly Reader Comments Digg This Del.icio.us RSS
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A. When a user is hidden from the GAL, the HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled attribute is set to true. Thus to find a list of all users hidden from the GAL, you just list all users with this attribute enabled, which you can do by using the following command:

Get-Mailbox | Where {$_.HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled -eq $True} | Select Name

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