include Google Group email addresses in the O365 GAL

context

1. Searching for "valid and known" email recipients within the UW is a useful capability provided by the Office 365 Global Address List (GAL).
2. Google Groups is provided as a mailing list solution to campus as a "Core" GSuite/Google App (https://kb.wisc.edu/22475).
3. UW's API Store provides RESTful access to manage Google Groups (https://api.wisc.edu).
4. Currently, email addresses used by Google Groups are not visible in the GAL.

request

We would like to be able to use Outlook/O365 to look up a Google Group's email address in the GAL.

The Google Workspace Sync for Microsoft Outlook tool appears to provide this functionality at an instance level.

The Google Groups API can manage GAL inclusion on a per-group/email basis.

links

• UW's API Store

  Authorized access to the G Suite API for managing UW-Madison G Suite Google Groups and other resources
  https://api.wisc.edu/apis/info?name=GGroups&version=v1&provider=UNIVERSITYO5603/jfortune@wisc.edu@universityo5603

• Google Groups API -- https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/groups-settings/v1/reference/groups

  includeInGlobalAddressList -- Enables the group to be included in the Global Address List.

• Google Workspace -- https://support.google.com/a/answer/166870

  Manage your Global Address List
  When you turn on Google Workspace Sync for Microsoft Outlook (GWSMO), your organization's Global Address List in Google Workspace automatically becomes available to each GWSMO user in Outlook

• DoIT KB Docs -- https://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=72495

  Office 365 - Getting Started with the Global Address List (GAL)