After adding your work Microsoft 365 email account to Outlook, you've opened up the address book and each time you have to click to change to Contacts. If you're like me, you're probably wondering why is the offline Global Address List the default address book?
Change default address book in Outlook 365
Applies to: Outlook for Microsoft 365, Outlook 2019, Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013
Most people would prefer to see their own contacts list first when opening the address book, for instance after clicking the To field in a new email. To ensure this, you might want to change your default address book.
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On the Home tab, in the Find group, click Address Book.
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In the Address Book dialog box that opens, click Tools > Options.
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Under When opening the address book, show this address list first, choose the name of the address book you want to use by default.
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Click OK, and close the dialog box.
Change the order in which Outlook checks your address lists
If you’re using multiple address books, for example, one for personal use and one for work, you can change the order in which Outlook checks these address books. This way, when you start writing the name of a contact to the address field of an email, Outlook suggests the most relevant contacts first.
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On the Home tab, in the Find group, click Address Book.
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Click Tools > Options, and select Custom.
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Click the up
and down 
arrows next to the list to move your address books.
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Click OK.
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