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As the Office admin GUI does not offer the option to hide email addresses from the Global Address List (GAL) administrators must use powershell to complete the task, as is the case with many other features and functions in O365…<\/div>\n
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Fire up an elevated PowerShell window.<\/div>\n
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Set the execution policy if required, answer “Y” for Yes or “A” for All.<\/div>\n
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned<\/pre>\n
Create and Import the session and login for the O365 instance.<\/p>\n
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$session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https:\/\/outlook.office365.com\/powershell-liveid\/ -Credential $Credential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection\r\nImport-PSSession $session<\/pre>\n
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Set the -HiddenFromAddressListEnabled option to True – ensure to change **EMAIL-OF-GROUP** to the correct emial address<\/p>\n
Set-UnifiedGroup -Identity **EMAIL-OF-GROUP** -HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled $true<\/pre>\n
Remove the session.<\/p>\n
Remove-Session $session<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
And thats it.\u00a0 You’ve just hidden a group email from the GAL.\u00a0 Remember though, users will alos use the Offline Address List which dependant on your policies, will take a short time to update.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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