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Dianne_NZ
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Jun 07, 2023

Contact list no longer available in new Teams version

When new teams go live, can I keep using the old version?   The new version only has a chat list and no contact list. I regularly use my contact list to determine if someone is in the office.   ...
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greendragon
Copper Contributor
May 04, 2024

David_Kirk01 

 

They've extracted the contact list into a separate app.

Here's how to use it in a few clicks. It's pretty simple. The contact groups have been preserved, just pin the app and you have your contacts back.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hQ8ArAswNc

 

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Smitty814
Brass Contributor
May 06, 2024
Sorry, the People app is not the same thing and it came out months ago. We've talked about it quite a bit over the last couple of thread pages. Opposed to classic teams, new teams still takes too many clicks to see the status of people/groups. The old contacts had a much cleaner/easier layout.
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    DeWaynePratt
    Copper Contributor
    May 07, 2024
    It's a 50 year MicroSlop journey to become more Mac like. The development plan is to take 10 steps forward each year... unfortunately management causes a full step backwards each month!!!
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    DMontigny
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    May 07, 2024

    gregc63 

     

    'Tis the Microsoft way!!

     

    In my opinion their peak was Windows 7 and the associated Office. That is the point they should have stopped updating and shifted to just offering customer support.

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    gregc63
    Brass Contributor
    May 07, 2024
    That's a terrible idea. Upgrades are supposed to make the app more friendly, not make you hunt and click more. The contact list was perfect, we could see everyone's status and chat with them right there unlike the People app. MSFT has been whiffing on quite a few of their "upgrades" lately, including the "new" Outlook, less feature on removed a lot of functionality. Horrible...
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    bnorma01
    Copper Contributor
    May 07, 2024
    If I talk to a bunch of people a day, then a few clicks times a bunch of people equals a whole bunch of clicks...
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    Smitty814
    Brass Contributor
    May 07, 2024
    See ya', Steve! You'll be missed in the thread.
    Some of us prefer that software developers quit removing popular features from software and promote the release of the NEW version with less options. Then, when they're called out for it, throw together a cheap fix and call it good.
    Would be kind of like Apple updating your phone OS and removing phone calling as an option. Then be surprised that people actually wanted to use that feature.
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    hps_steve
    Brass Contributor
    May 07, 2024
    This thread can die now. The 2 extra clicks mean the new system isn't as good. But it serves the same purpose. Ciao!