Using LDAP to Find People

LDAP directory services that you create within Outlook 2007 can be searched through the Outlook 2007 Address Book only. Windows Mail comes preconfigured with LDAP directory service accounts. You can also query Active Directory services using the Find option in Windows Mail or in Windows Vista™ using the Search Active Directory feature on the Network page.

You can perform LDAP queries in Outlook 2007 by using directory service accounts you add to Outlook 2007. Follow these steps to perform an LDAP query with an LDAP server in Outlook 2007:

  1. In Outlook 2007, click the Address Book icon on the toolbar to open the Address Book window. Alternatively, you can choose Tools, Address Book.

  2. In the Outlook Address Book, select the directory service in the Address Book drop-down list. Depending on how the directory service account is configured (whether or not Enable Browsing is enabled), Outlook 2007 might display the contents of the directory immediately in the Address Book. When browsing is enabled, Outlook can automatically access directory information and display it in the Address Book. For information about how to enable browsing, see "Configuring a Directory Service Account in Outlook" and Figure 17-3 earlier in this chapter. If Enable Browsing is not selected, no names will be listed, and you will be prompted with "Type your search keywords and click ‘Go’ to perform a search."

  3. To search using specific criteria, click the Advanced Find link or choose Tools, Find. Either action opens the Find dialog box, shown in Figure 17-9.

    Use the Find dialog box to specify the criteria for the LDAP query.

    Figure 17-9. Use the Find dialog box to specify the criteria for the LDAP query.

  4. Specify the criteria for the search, and then click OK. If objects meeting the search criteria exist within the LDAP directory, the results will show a list of all matching objects.

Searching from Windows Mail

You can perform queries from within Windows Mail using LDAP directory service accounts you create in Windows Mail.

Follow these steps to do so:

  1. In Windows Mail, click the arrow next to the Find icon on the main toolbar and then select People, or in the main window or in the message window, choose Edit, Find, and then select People to open the Find People dialog box, shown in Figure 17-10.

    Use the Find People dialog box to perform LDAP queries in Windows Mail.

    Figure 17-10. Use the Find People dialog box to perform LDAP queries in Windows Mail.

  2. In the Look In drop-down list, select the directory service account to use.

  3. Specify the criteria for the search (such as name or e-mail address), click the Advanced tab to specify additional parameters if needed, and then click Find Now.

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