Preventing Microsoft Outlook Client to Update Offline Global Address List

To prevent Microsoft Outlook in downloading the data in Exchange Offline Address Book (while in Cached Mode), you can create a batch file containing the following keys below.  These is useful especially if you are doing a migration from another email system (Lotus Notes Domino) to Microsoft's Exchange and is NOT using a third-party migration tool due to limitation of budget.  


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Cached Mode]
"DownloadOAB"=dword:00000000
"ANR Include Online GAL"=dword:00000001


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Exchange\Exchange Provider]
"Limit SRS Incremental Download"=dword:00000000
"Limit Manual OAB Download"=dword:00000000
"Limit SRS Full OAB Download"=dword:00000000
"Allow SRS Full OAB Download"=dword:00000000