Working with contacts

Create a new contact

1. Click the Active Directory administrative unit then click AD Contact.

2. On the Actions menu, click New Contact.

3. Enter contact first name and last name.

4. Select contact email: None, External, Internal.

   NOTE: If you select the None type the contact will be created without email address and other exchange attributes. This type can be used if you have no exchange attributes in your AD schema.

   Contact with the External type will be created with a email address, alias and proxy addresses, but other exchange-related attributes won't be set and no Exchange commands will be performed during creation. This type can be useful if you have your AD schema extended by exchange attributes, but don't have Exchange server in your environment or exchange extension is disabled in Cayosoft Administrator.

   Contact with Internal type will have email address and all attributes required for correct object management in Exchange server. So, if you have Exchange on-premises server and Exchange extension configured in Cayosoft Administrator we recommend to create Internal contact type.

   Possible contact types on the form can be configured via Attribute policies .

5. Click Next.

6. Select contact Manager if needed.

7. Click Create.

View contact properties

1. Click the Active Directory administrative unit then click AD Contacts.

2. Enter the name of the contact in the search field and click Search Objects.

3. Click the check mark to the left of the contact’s name.

4. On the Actions menu, click Properties.

   NOTE: The Contact Properties form does have Email address field both on the General and Contacts tab. Cayosoft recommends updating email on the General tab because it also updates proxy addresses attribute. You can make email on the Contact tab read only via Attribute policies.

Move a contact

1. Click the Active Directory administrative unit then click AD Contacts.

2. Enter the name of the contact in the search field and click Search Objects.

3. Click the check mark to the left of the contact’s name.

4. On the Actions menu, click Move.

5. Click Browse.

6. Enter the name target Organizational Unit (OU) in the search field and click Search Objects.

7. Click the checkbox to the left of the OU’s name then click OK.

8. Enter a comment that will be recorded in the operational history log.

9. Click Move.

Delete a contact

1. Click the Active Directory administrative unit then click AD Contacts.

2. Enter the name of the contact in the search field and click Search Objects.

3. Click the checkbox to the left of the contact’s name.

4. On the Actions menu, click Delete.

5. Enter a comment that will be recorded in the operational history log.

6. Click Delete.