Re: import contacts/address book

From: Damian N Leibaschoff [MSFT] (damianl_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/03/04


Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:14:24 -0600

Hi,
The contacts would be stored on each users mailbox under the contacts
folders. You can use Outlook to import them into there.

Regards,
Damian

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"Lardy" <thelardmeister@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:41afcbaf$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> Damian,
>
> Thankyou for your help.  I have successfully imported contacts into the 
> Active Directory using CSVDE and they show in the GAL.
>
> My next question is how to import contacts specific to the user.  For 
> example when the user logs on to OWA and clicks the Contacts tab you would 
> find them there.  And as an aside where are these contacts stored?  I 
> created a couple of contacts manually but couldn't then find where this 
> information is stored.  I did a search for a PST file but found none.
>
> Lardy.
>
>
> "Damian N Leibaschoff [MSFT]" <damianl@online.microsoft.com> wrote in 
> message news:%23XgQ9G81EHA.132@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> Are these global contacts or just local for each user? If they are global 
>> and you want them showing on a global address list, you will have to 
>> import them into AD, you will have to change the output export from that 
>> program depending on the needed fields.
>> Check the following article for more information on getting a CSV file 
>> into AD:
>> 327620 How to use Csvde to import contacts and user objects into Active
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=327620
>>
>> Now, for simplicity sake, I would import the contacts from an Outlook 
>> client (CSV should also be fine) into either the contacts for the user 
>> that is currently logged in, or if you want to make them shared, to a 
>> Contacts Public folder.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Damian
>>
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>> Damian N. Leibaschoff, MS IST, MCSE
>> Microsoft Corporation
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>> "Lardy" <thelardmeister@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:41adbff1$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We have been using The Bat for our email purposes.  We have now 
>>> installed our new server SBS 2003 Standard and wish to use Exchange.  I 
>>> have email working, but was wondering is it possible to import all our 
>>> contacts/address book to Exchange 2003?  The Bat can export the address 
>>> book in the following formats...
>>>
>>> CSV
>>> LDIF
>>> TXT
>>> VCF
>>>
>>> Lardy.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> 


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