Great. So what is the solution then?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

adparne wrote:

I am also having that same issue in our organization. We have users
that want to share contacts and be able to see it in the list in the
Global Address Book like they do for their own contacts.

Clearly the GAL can contain only those people in your Active Directory.
Shared contacts simply don't appear in Active Directory. Moreover, a
person's contacts don't appear in the GAL either. They may appear in the
Outlook Address Book, but not the GAL, as you claim.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]