Unless your Office 365 plan already includes Access, you’ll have to purchase it. User who have access to Access app or SharePoint site that hosts the app will be able to see and update the contacts.Ĭontacts will be much more customizable and useful because you will be able to take advantage of the functionality in Access. They will be visible in Access, or in a SharePoint site if hosted there. You can use the Access Contacts app to store your customers contacts. Requires some basic knowledge of the SharePoint lists. These contacts cannot be used outside SharePoint in Outlook or People in Office 365. The contacts are flexible and can use custom fields, views, workflows, etc.
Users who have access to the SharePoint team sites and SharePoint mobile apps will be able to see and update these contacts. The contacts will be visible not only on the SharePoint site, but also on the SharePoint mobile app. SharePoint Contacts app can be used to store business contacts for SharePoint Online users. You can’t add custom fields for birthdays, anniversaries, etc. These contacts can only be created and updated by Office 365 administrators. The contacts are visible to all users in Microsoft Outlook, Outlook on the Web, and mobile devices. Office 365 contacts are created by the administrators and are available under People to all users in Office 365.
