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New Outlook (was Mail) People

How New Outlook People works with your email account servers: The only type of email account that syncs contacts with an email client app is an Exchange Server account. This means a personal Microsoft account with an outlook/live/hotmail email address or a work or school Microsoft 365 account. Without this, contacts are stored locally and can be exported (and imported) but are not synced so not backed up

People intro in New Outlook (replacing old Mail app): Set up, sync and understand contacts/People view. New contacts are saved in your default Contacts folder, and you will also see them under Your contacts. If you want to save the contact in a different folder such as your Microsoft account email, select the folder before creating the contact

People Search in New Outlook (replacing old Mail app): Click in the search box at the top, type then click on the magnifying glass icon or press Enter

People View in New Outlook (replacing old Mail app): The only option is to display contacts by first name or surname

My Contacts create a contact in New Outlook (replacing old Mail app): Select the account to want to add a contact to then click ‘New contact’, complete and click ‘Save’

Edit a contact in New Outlook (replacing old Mail app): Select a contact and click ‘Edit’ in the Home ribbon to open in Edit mode

Delete a contact in New Outlook (replacing old Mail app): Select a contact and click ‘Delete’ in the Home ribbon or press the Delete key

Create a Group of contacts in New Outlook (replacing old Mail app): In the Home ribbon select an account then click the down arrow next to ‘New Contact’ and click on ‘New contact list’. Add a name then add members individually in the ‘Add email addresses’ box, click ‘Create’ to save