There are currently two directories on campus:
These two directories contain much of the same information, but they are not identical.
The OSU Online Directory currently contains records for everyone that has an ONID account (anyone officially associated with OSU). The OSU Online Directory is meant to be public and gets information from OSU's student and human resources system (Banner). Because the information in the Online Directory comes straight from Banner, it is generally very accurate.
The Exchange Global Address Book is a private directory visible only by people with accounts in OSU's Active Directory forest (Exchange users and all ONID users). It contains all the information from the OSU Online Directory (because ONID accounts are listed in it as well), plus a large number of Exchange accounts. All of the non-ONID information in Exchange is manually entered in a somewhat inconsistent way. This means that sometimes it is more accurate and sometimes it is less accurate than the Online Directory.
We are doing our best to bring these two directories closer together over time.
This directory requires no authentication, and is very easy to configure. See the ONID documentation for more information.
If you are using Outlook in MAPI mode (this is how most users on campus use Outlook), you can automatically view the Global Address Book by clicking on the Address Book icon. There is no special configuration required.
If you are using a different email client, or Outlook in POP or IMAP mode, you will need to add the Global Address Book as an LDAP server in your client's settings. Please note the following caveats if you choose to use this directory via LDAP:
The settings needed to connect to the Global Address Book are as follows:
Having trouble? Try setting your search base to dc=oregonstate,dc=edu
