How to Identify your Global Catalog Server Using Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2002

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to identify your global catalog server by using Microsoft Outlook 2000 and Microsoft Outlook 2002.

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To determine the global catalog server that your client computer is using, perform the following steps:

On the Tools menu, click Address Book.
In the Show names from the box, click Global Address List.
Right-click Global Address List, and then click Properties.

The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of your global catalog server is listed under Microsoft Exchange Address Book Provider, in the The current server is box.

For additional information about how to specify a specific global catalog server, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

319206 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319206/EN-US/ ) OL2002: How to Specify the Closest or Specific GC Server

272290 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/272290/EN-US/ ) OL2000: Outlook Load Balancing with Global Catalog Servers