Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 Inside Out

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 ...