Bulk add contacts to Teams

[Theangrydog]

Hi all,

Is there any way to bulk add contacts to Teams?  This is under the Chat > Contacts section that I am referring to?

Whenever we have a new user join the company, they have to manually add contacts to Teams.  There must be an easier way than this?

Thanks.

[#2 · Accepted solution]

@Theangrydog 

Hello, are you proficient with scripting?
With some tweaking you could use this script I made, I plan to improve it and publish it

Import-Module AADInternals

#This will prompt for credentials so it supports MFA login
$token = Get-AADIntAccessTokenForTeams

$skypeToken = Get-AADIntSkypeToken -AccessToken $token

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri "https://teams.microsoft.com/api/mt/part/amer-03/beta/contacts/buddylist/RgAAAAClggzHMV84T7CuooP5TJakBwCn8NvzZtw-Rb1w2SeP68PUAAALK2GmAACn8NvzZtw-Rb1w2SeP68PUAAALLAIqAAAA0/managebuddies?migrationRequested=true&federatedContactsSupported=true" `
-Method "POST" `
-Headers @{
"authority"="teams.microsoft.com"
  "method"="POST"
  "path"="/api/mt/part/amer-03/beta/contacts/buddylist/RgAAAAClggzHMV84T7CuooP5TJakBwCn8NvzZtw-Rb1w2SeP68PUAAALK2GmAACn8NvzZtw-Rb1w2SeP68PUAAALLAIqAAAA0/managebuddies?migrationRequested=true&federatedContactsSupported=true"
  "scheme"="https"
  "accept"="application/json, text/plain, */*"
  "accept-encoding"="gzip, deflate, br"
  "accept-language"="en-US,en;q=0.9,es;q=0.8,es-ES;q=0.7,en-GB;q=0.6"
  "authorization"="Bearer $token"
  "origin"="https://teams.microsoft.com"
  "referer"="https://teams.microsoft.com/_"
  "sec-ch-ua"="`"Chromium`";v=`"110`", `"Not A(Brand`";v=`"24`", `"Microsoft Edge`";v=`"110`""
  "sec-ch-ua-mobile"="?0"
  "sec-ch-ua-platform"="`"Windows`""
  "sec-fetch-dest"="empty"
  "sec-fetch-mode"="cors"
  "sec-fetch-site"="same-origin"
  "x-anchormailbox"="email address removed for privacy reasons"
  "x-ms-client-env"="pds-prod-azsc-usea-01"
  "x-ms-client-type"="web"
  "x-ms-client-version"="1415/1.0.0.2023020626"
  "x-ms-scenario-id"="468"
  "x-ms-session-id"="cef7e701-18bc-4767-60f8-3ec240794968"
  "x-ms-user-type"="null"
  "x-ringoverride"="general"
  "x-skypetoken"=$skypeToken
} `
-ContentType "application/json;charset=UTF-8" `
-Body "{`"add`":[{`"mri`":`"8:orgid:7c4cb78f-aa4f-4cc6-953f-d0b55c1ca6d9`",`"displayName`":`"Isaiah Langer`",`"isFederated`":false,`"email`":`"email address removed for privacy reasons`"}]}"

the last line is the one you need to tweak with the desired contact to add to favorites.

I'll get back when I improve and publish this on my blog...

[#3]

Hi Andres,

Thanks for your reply - I'm not brilliant with scripting, but I am working on it.
Not sure how I managed to mark your reply as the best answer lol.