Return e-mail alias if it exactly matches the provided e-mail address when searching OAB

Policy ID
L_OfflineAddressBookexactaliasmatching
Scope
User Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Source
Microsoft 365 Apps / Office Administrative Templates (version 5568.1000)
Category
Microsoft Outlook 2016 › Account Settings › Exchange › Offline Address Book

Description

By default, when searching the Offline Address Book, Outlook resolves e-mail addresses using Ambiguous Name Resolution. With Ambiguous Name Resolution, Outlook suggests additional possible matches (if they exist) even if there is a name that matches exactly the e-mail alias entered. By enabling this setting, you can change the behavior so that Outlook returns a single e-mail address if it exactly matches an e-mail alias.

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • oab exact alias matchREG_DWORD

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