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Create and display external contact list
Hello
I use Microsoft 365 Exchange Online and Outlook new in my organisation.
The users would like an external contact list to be created and accessible directly from Outlook.
How can I create such a list and have it automatically displayed in Outlook New?
Thank you in advance for your help
Jo
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Two programs hope to help you
Method 1. Batch import external contacts:powershell
Import-Csv “contacts.csv” | ForEach {New-MailContact -Name $_.Name -ExternalEmailAddress $_.Email}
(CSV with Name and Email columns)Method 2. Create a global contact group:
powershell
New-DistributionGroup -Name “ExternalContacts” -Alias “ExternalContacts” -MemberJoinRestriction Closed
Get-MailContact | Add-DistributionGroupMember -Identity “ExternalContacts”Lets users search for group names in Outlook External Contacts. Businesses need to be synchronized to GAL.
