The directory of all mail-enabled recipients in an Exchange Online organisation, which people browse when addressing messages in Outlook. Mail users and mail contacts are listed in it, and admins can hide any recipient from view.
Also called global address list.
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In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains GAL in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- ALL
A DAX function that ignores any filters and gives back every row of a table or every value of the named columns. Used within CALCULATE, it works as a modifier that clears filters, although REMOVEFILTERS states that intent more clearly where it is available.
- Exchange Online
Microsoft 365's hosted service for mail, calendars and contacts. Defender for Office 365 protects these mailboxes.
- BROWSE
Granted on a catalog, this Unity Catalog privilege lets people discover objects, read their metadata and request access, all without
USE CATALOGand with no access to the data itself. - Agents (classic) API
First-generation Foundry Agent Service API, based on threads, messages and runs. It is deprecated, replaced by conversations and responses, and retires on 31 March 2027.
- Recipient
The Unity Catalog object for an individual or organisation that is given access to OpenSharing shares. Properties set on it can be checked with
CURRENT_RECIPIENT()to filter what that party sees. - View
Shows a system through one chosen group of related concerns. No view is generic; each one is tied to whichever architecture it depicts.