How to migrate contacts to Teams?

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sokoler picture sokoler · Apr 25, 2019 · Viewed 11.5k times · Source

I wanted to migrate my SkypeForBusiness contacts to MS Teams. I have already exported my contacts to txt file and here is the problem that i cannot find any option to import it to Teams as contacts. Using its API in PowerShell i can create team and add my contacts as users but it is not what i wanted to do. However this API does not provide functionality to add my email list which i have in txt file to my Teams contacts. Is there any possibility to import my contacts with groups to Microsoft Teams ?

Would appreciate every answer. Thanks

Answer

Bill Bliss - MSFT picture Bill Bliss - MSFT · Apr 26, 2019

If your admin migrates you from SfB, your contacts are migrated to Teams automatically. Perhaps your admin can do this for you.

Since this is how most users start using Teams for telephony, there hasn't been a huge demand for a standalone contacts import/export feature.

There is a feature request on UserVoice you can vote for if you like: https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/33116188-import-groups-contacts-from-skype-for-business

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