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Kristaps_Esterlins
May 31, 2023Copper Contributor
Exchange GAL Synchronization to My Contacts
Morning, I am looking for a solution on how I can manage our user contacts and sync changes if an employee changes his or her position, phone number or leaves the company. The changes are updated...
- Jun 05, 2023With the built-in functionality, this is not possible as users are assumed to manage their own contacts, copying/updating them from the GAL when needed. Also, having offline copies of address entries adds some risk to devices people are able to sync to, so you might want to arrange that before looking at 3rd party solutions which can achieve this, e.g. PeopleSync or CiraSync.
mderooij
Jun 05, 2023MVP
With the built-in functionality, this is not possible as users are assumed to manage their own contacts, copying/updating them from the GAL when needed. Also, having offline copies of address entries adds some risk to devices people are able to sync to, so you might want to arrange that before looking at 3rd party solutions which can achieve this, e.g. PeopleSync or CiraSync.
- Kristaps_EsterlinsJun 06, 2023Copper ContributorHi Michel,
Thank you for the follow-up! Too bad that there isn't an official solution from Microsoft. Could you please share your experience ? How do you inform/train employees on how to manage company contact information ?