How to install contacts from GAL to personal contact on mobile

2019-10-18

Question

_{Friday, October 18, 2019 8:19 AM}

Dear all,

I am stuck to install GAL(Global Address List).

To install phone list of GAL on Galaxy (Android), we usually do:

Settings > Account > Tap Exchange Active Sync Account > Sync Account > Turn on “Contact”

And also,

Settings > Account > Tap Google Account > Sync Account > Turn off “Contact”

It's not working well and if I get a call, my mobile does not show the person name.

It only shows the phone number.

So I have to register his name from "Contact". but I don't want to do for everyone in GAL.

Does anyone know how to solve this?

Or do you know PowerShell code which regularly export name and phone number from GAL and install to personal contacts??

Sorry I am newbie at my company, so my sentence might be difficult to read, but any advise would be really appreciated.

Best Regards,

All replies (4)

_{Saturday, October 19, 2019 9:25 AM | 1 vote}

The GAL can’t be synced to your phone’s contact list or outlook contacts list by default.

Based on your requirement, if you are using exchange account, I suggest you can add all your GAL to your contact list in Outlook client or OWA, and then all your contacts will be synced to your phone’s outlook contact list via exchange.

About adding all your GAL to your contacts list in outlook client, you can double-click your Address Book from your outlook client, then choose the Global Address List > click the first entry and hold the left mouse button > strike to last entry > right- click the chosen field > Add to Contacts. In this way, the GAL will add to your contact list.

If you want to add contacts in other way you can refer to this article:

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/add-a-contact-e1dc4548-3bd6-4644-aecd-47b5728f7b0d?redirectSourcePath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252fAdd-a-contact-from-the-Global-Address-List-0b165964-76ae-4db7-ad2e-20b06c781096&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US .

You can use third party tools to do this,

https://syncgal.com/sync-the-gal-to-smartphones/

https://www.messageconcept.com/en/news/how-to-sync-exchange-server-gals-to-android-phones-and-tablets/

_{Monday, October 21, 2019 7:18 AM}

Hi KatyK123,

Agree with the suggestions provided above, find a similar issue here for your reference as well:

Exchange GAL sync to Android phone

How to sync GAL on mobile phones

It mentioned that: About adding all your GAL to your contacts list in outlook client, you can double-click your Address Book from your outlook client, then choose the Global Address List > click the first entry and hold the left mouse button > strike to last entry > right- click the chosen field > Add to Contacts. In this way, the GAL will add to your contact list. If you want to add contacts in other way you can refer to the article provided above about adding a contact.

Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

Regards,

Joyce Shen

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_{Monday, October 21, 2019 8:02 AM}

Hi,

I am writing here to confirm current situation.
If the above suggestion are helpful to you, please be kind enough to "mark it as an answer" for helping more people.

Regards,
Udara

_{Wednesday, October 23, 2019 1:22 AM}

Hi，

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