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Contact list no longer available in new Teams version
Dianne_NZ As many have said, Microsoft has moved the Contacts to the People app. Originally, they didn't have the online status in the People lists, but they've fixed that. At this point, it's a suitable replacement. Everyone who still wants it to return to Contacts just to say Contacts may just be upset that their cheese was moved. If you use the new People app, it will be fine, people, I promise. 🙂 This is has been a helpful thread, but I'm considering it resolved - I don't know of anything else we've lost (other than it being in a different app [i.e., People]) in the update.
ecviets I don't know how you could consider the missing contacts issue resolved. the People app is not even close to the contacts features like everybody else mentioned. Able to see contacts on the left and type in the chat on the right and switching easily between chats are not available in the People app.
I agree with you, nothing is settled. The way the People app is configured doesn't give the same possibilities/flexibility as what in Contacts. For me, it's as if nothing had been done.
I will continue to use the old Team as long as possible...
The people app is still not a replacement for contacts. It still very much feels like an afterthought at best. As we use Teams as our phone system the receptionist was frustrated by the people app to the point she is one of many that have been rolled back to the classic version.
- In the old/classic version on the left of the screen the contacts showed under the group/category allowing me to expand and collapse them. I could also chat on the right while viewing the contacts grouped on the left. The people app in the new teams puts the contacts to the right which does not allow me to chat nor expand and collapse the groups. I would say the people app does the same thing but not as elegant as the classic teams did thus my analogy
- Yeah, there are a few more steps to create groups and add people than before, but at least it's there now.
