GetUserAvailability: Configuration Not Found in AD

Resolve address space configuration errors for free/busy functionality.

Last updated: 2025-01-15 Troubleshooting

Error Message

PowerShell Error

Configuration information for forest/domain xxx.com could not be found in Active Directory

Full exception: Microsoft.Exchange.InfoWorker.Common.Availability.AddressSpaceNotFoundException

What's Happening

📅
Free/Busy Request
For domain xxx.com
AD Lookup
No address space
Error
Request fails

Root Cause

Missing Address Space Configuration

This error occurs when Active Directory lacks the necessary address space configuration for the specified domain. Exchange uses address spaces to determine how to route free/busy availability requests between environments.

What This Means

When a user requests free/busy information for someone in another domain, Exchange looks up the address space configuration to find where to route the request. If no address space is configured for that domain, the request fails with this error.

Affected Scenarios

  • • Hybrid Exchange/Office 365 environments
  • • Cross-forest free/busy queries
  • • Coexistence between Google and Office 365
  • • Multi-tenant configurations

Solution

Configure Address Space

The solution involves configuring the AvailabilityAddressSpace in Exchange to tell it how to route free/busy requests for the affected domain.

PowerShell Command

Add-AvailabilityAddressSpace `
  -ForestName domain.com `
  -AccessMethod OrgWideFreebusy `
  -Credentials (Get-Credential) `
  -TargetAutodiscoverEpr "https://autodiscover.domain.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml"
1

ForestName: The domain for which you want to enable free/busy lookups

2

AccessMethod: The type of access (OrgWideFreebusy, PerUserFreebusy, etc.)

3

TargetAutodiscoverEpr: The autodiscover endpoint for the target domain

Refresh Address List

After adding the address space, you may need to force an address list refresh in Office 365 for the changes to take effect. See the related article "How to Force AddressList Refresh in Office 365" for instructions.

Verification

After configuring the address space, verify the configuration:

Get-AvailabilityAddressSpace | Format-List

This should show the newly configured address space for the domain.

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