Cool Tip of the Day 18: Add a Contact to the Contact List

Contacts outside your organization must use a supported public instant messaging (IM) service provider or be a user of an organization that is federated with your organization.

1. In the Search box, type the display name or e-mail address (required for contacts outside your organization) of the person whom you want to add, and then press ENTER.
2. In the results area, right-click the name of the person whom you want to add, click Add to Contact List, and then click the group to which you want to add the contact.

Add a distribution group to the Contact List
In the Search box, type the name or e-mail address of the distribution group you want to add, and then press ENTER.

1. In the results area, right-click the name of the distribution group, and then click Add to Contact List.

Set access levels
Access levels let you decide what information to show a contact.  It also allows you to block someone from contacting you through Communicator.

• In the Contact List, right-click the name of the contact whose access level you want to change, click Change Level of Access, and then click the level.

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Neeti Gupta
Product Manager, UC Technical Audience Marketing