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BenRooke
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Feb 27, 2020

External contacts in teams as AD contact objects

Hi All.   A common question that crops up for us, as it does for many i would assume is... Are contact lists available in teams... my usual response is no, but there are work arounds ( sharepoint l...
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LinusCansby
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Feb 27, 2020

Hi,

 

The best thing would be if you can use the company address book used and managed in Outlook/Exchange, this includes contacts. But currently you can only see your own contacts in Teams that you manage from Outlook, not the company contacts.

Vote for this user voice:

https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/36134407-allow-call-contacts-to-be-centralized-amongst-team

 

When you search for someone in Teams it will only show users and guests, not contacts. There should be a Global Address book in Teams that includes contacts. There is a uservoice request for that too:

https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/36949507-team-address-books-and-company-wide-address-book

 

So unfortunately there is no way to centrally manage contacts in Teams today.

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