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BC-Cncf
Copper Contributor
Apr 22, 2020

Contacts in Teams - Source

Hello. Where exactly does Teams pull its 'Contacts' list from? From what I gather at the moment, it seems to be the default 'Contacts' list present in Outlook. Is there not a way to import or add more contact groups in this view? 

 

 

    • BC-Cncf's avatar
      BC-Cncf
      Copper Contributor

      JeremyMiller Thanks. We have certain contact folders within Outlook to which we update information. These are also synced to the users' phone contacts. Is there a way to have the same contact groups in Teams?

  • MischaSz's avatar
    MischaSz
    Copper Contributor

    Same question here - we have subfolders in Outlook contacts and they are not visible in the Calls > Contacts list in Microsoft Teams. Any way we can configure where Teams pulls those contacts?

    • the_Dave's avatar
      the_Dave
      Copper Contributor

      MischaSzwe have the same issue. I would be already happy with an regkey to add specific Folderpaths for the Teams Client to look for contacts.

       

  • CBIT1090's avatar
    CBIT1090
    Copper Contributor
    We have the same request. We have a clients contact list in public folders. We need to be able to access these clients via Teams to schedule meetings and later use for telephony purpose if/when we migrate phone service to Teams.
    • BrianG1965's avatar
      BrianG1965
      Copper Contributor

      CBIT1090 Did you find a solution to this as we are facing the same problem. If I find anything I will circle back to disclose.

       

      Thanks!

      • ryanhealy's avatar
        ryanhealy
        Brass Contributor

        BrianG1965 

        I'm working to solve the problems with Teams contacts with my app.

        https://www.contactsmanager.com/

        I'd love your feedback.

        Public folders and shared contacts are somethings I'm looking into, but personal contacts folders and the org contacts are surfaced, as well as a few other things.