How to add a person to a Microsoft Exchange public distribution list (PDL) from Outlook

Here are the twelve-step text instructions. I couldn’t find good instructions on the interwebz. No screenshots. :pouty_face:

Let’s say you want to add Bill Gates to the Vaccine Conspiracy public distribution list (PDL).

  1. In Outlook, use Home > Address Book
  2. Set Address Book to Global Address List
  3. Search for Vaccine Conspiracy
  4. Right-click menu and select Properties…
  5. Click Modify Members…
  6. Click Add…
  7. That opens the Address Book again
  8. Find Gates, Bill
  9. Double-click on Bill’s name
  10. Click OK
  11. That returns you to the Contact Group Membership, where you click OK again
  12. Click out of remaining dialogs with OK
Tim Chambers @tbc