I've got a local contacts list in Outlook that I can export as a CSV or PST file. I'm looking to use PowerShell to import these contacts into another user's Outlook. Is this actually possible? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!
2 Answers
You can certainly import contacts via PowerShell! First, load the Outlook COM object. Here’s a quick script you can run:
```powershell
$Outlook = New-Object -ComObject Outlook.Application
$Namespace = $Outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
$Contacts = $Namespace.GetDefaultFolder([Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlDefaultFolders]::olFolderContacts)
$csv = Import-Csv "C:PathContacts.csv"
foreach ($c in $csv) {
$contact = $Contacts.Items.Add("IPM.Contact")
$contact.FirstName = $c.FirstName
$contact.LastName = $c.LastName
$contact.Email1Address = $c.Email
$contact.BusinessTelephoneNumber = $c.BusinessPhone
$contact.MobileTelephoneNumber = $c.MobilePhone
$contact.Save()
}
```
Just be sure to run this as the user whose Outlook is getting the contacts, and it's best to close Outlook beforehand to avoid any file lock issues!
Are you using Exchange or Exchange Online? If it's Exchange, you can simply export your contacts to a PST file and then import that PST into the user's mailbox.
So, if I export my contacts to a PST, I can indeed import them into the user's Outlook? How do I do this on the Exchange side?
Yes, definitely! Just keep in mind that you need to be logged in as the user who is going to have the contacts imported when you run that PowerShell script.