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Description
In this 10-minute Citizen Developer-focused demo, Kiran Thomas cites how the Contact Group Lookup Microsoft Teams app template provides a way to easily surface and interact with members of Outlook groups (Distribution Lists) in Teams. Create a group(s) in Outlook, install app template, and then add group(s) to the app. Using the app – quickly view and chat with members, see their status on Teams, and even start a group chat with multiple members of the Contact Group. This PnP Community demo is taken from the General Microsoft 365 Development Special Interest Group (SIG) - Bi-weekly sync call recorded on October 29, 2020.
Demo Presenter: Kiran Thomas (Microsoft) | @NotKiran
Supporting materials:
• Document - Contact Group Lookup | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/samples/app-templates#contact-group-lookup-
• Repo - Contact Group Lookup App Template | https://github.com/OfficeDev/microsoft-teams-app-contactgrouplookup
Learn more:
• Learn more about the Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices community at: http://aka.ms/m365pnp
• Visit the Microsoft 365 Patterns and Practices community YouTube channel: https://aka.ms/m365pnp-videos
A
I'm
karen
thomas,
I'm
a
product
manager
working
on
teams
and
today
I'm
going
to
be
giving
you
a
demo
of
the
contact
group,
lookup
app
template
first,
a
little
reminder
about
what
app
templates
are,
even
though
I'm
sure
you're
all
familiar
with
it.
These
are
plug
and
play
production
ready,
apps
that
we
build
and
post
on
github
that
allows
anyone
to
pick
them
up,
learn
about
different
components
of
how
an
app
works
and
use,
as
is
within
teams.
A
So
I
like
showing
this
graph
on
the
right,
because
it
kind
of
shows
you
where
app
templates
sit
in
terms
of
starting
from
scratch
to
build
your
own
teams
app
versus
using
something
from
that's
already
existing
within
the
store.
So
it's
at
the
sweet
spot
that
allows
you
to
quickly
realize
value
and
also
continue
customizing
it.
So
you
can
take
any
of
these
app
templates,
customize,
a
name
branding,
change
of
functionality
and
so
on,
and
we
build
this
to
be.
You
know
secure,
configurable
and
extensible.
A
So
it's
a
good
example
code
for
you
to
start
off
from
and
to
reiterate,
there's
no
additional
coding
required.
If
you
don't
want
to.
If
you
don't
want
to
customize
anything,
you
can
use
it
as
it
is
you
and
most
of
our
customers
end
up
changing
the
name,
logo
and
things
like
that,
and
we
build
it
with
privacy
and
security
in
mind.
A
So
today
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
an
app
template,
called
the
contact
group
lookup.
So
a
lot
of
our
customers
have
this
issue
that
when
you
move
on
to
teams,
there's
always
a
lot
of
interactions
that
occur
between
users
of
a
contract
group,
so
contact
groups,
if
you're
not
aware
of
the
name,
is
a
new
name
for
distribution
lists.
It's
the
same
thing:
it's
just
a
list
of
contacts
that
you
create
on
outlook
that
you
used
to
either
email
or
get
in
touch
with,
so
this
could
be
by
organization
by
team
function.
A
Things
like
that,
and
once
you
have
this
contact
group
a
lot
of
times,
you
want
to
see
a
contact.
A
chat
with
a
particular
person
have
a
meeting
so
on,
and
that's
what
this
app
really
allows
you
to
do.
It
brings
together
a
simple,
very
simple
view
of
your
contact
group
list
and
helps
you
get
in
touch
with
members
of
that
and
we'll
be
seeing
that
so
before
we
jump
into
the
demo.
I
just
wanted
to
set
up
what
the
scenario
would
be.
A
So
let's
pretend
that
we're
part
of
a
healthcare
organization
that
manages
that
uses
teams
to
manage
an
on-call
member
list
so
just
to
explain
what
all
on-call
would
mean
is
we
have
members
of
the
organization
who
are
standing
by
to
help
out
with
emergencies
or
like
whenever
this
there's
a
busy
schedule
and
you'd
like
to
get
in
touch
with
them?
But
then,
if
you
have
a
list
of
on-call
people,
you
want
to
start
with
the
people
who
are
already
available
or
ready
to
go.
A
A
A
So,
to
save
time,
let's
pretend
I
went
through
all
of
this
and
I've
got
my
app
set
up
in
teams
so
once
I've
loaded
it
into
teams,
it'll
show
kind
of
be
like
this
and
I
pinned
it
on
to
the
right
left
trail
as
well.
So
when
I
click
into
it,
this
is
the
default
view
that
loads
up
so
a
very
simple
app
over
here.
We
don't
have
any
contact
groups
loaded
in
here.
So
that's
why
you
see
this
welcome
screen.
A
So
let's
go
ahead
and
first
create
a
contact
group
and
then
use
that
to
load
into
here.
So
to
do
that,
I'm
going
to
go
to
outlook
and
once
I
get
to
outlook
at
the
bottom,
there's
the
people,
tab,
click
on
that
and
it'll.
Take
you
to
the
people,
management
and
I'm
gonna
create
a
new
group
here.
So
let's
pretend
this
is
the
on
call
group
for
let's
say
it's
monthly
basis.
So,
let's
just
say
it's
for
november
oops
and
then
I'm
gonna
skip
thing
and,
let's
just
say
it's
gonna
be
a
public.
A
Chris
looks
good
tada.
My
contact
group
is
now
ready,
so
I
am
going
forward.
If
I
want
to
manage
or
add
members
remote,
I
can
do
it
directly
from
here
now.
Let's
go
back
here
to
our
teams,
environment
and
I
try
add
this
contact
group
into
into
our
app.
So
since
I
don't
have
anything
here,
let's
search
for
on-call
and
see
what
comes
up
there,
we
go.
The
new
one
we
created
is
also
here
the
old
one
that
I
created
earlier
as
well.
A
Let's
go
with
the
new
one
and
add
that
there
we
go
so
now
you
can
see
it's
showing
up
the
default
view
when
you
open
up
contact
group
lookup
for
for
myself,
will
now
show
this
list
over
here
and
what
it
has
the
name
of
the
contact
group.
What
the
email
address
is.
If
I
want
to
send
an
email
to
this
group,
how
many
members
are
part
of
it
and
also
shows
me
how
many
members
are
online?
A
Let's
just
try
and
add
another
one,
the
one
that
I
had
earlier
just
to
show
you
that
what
it
looks
like
and
if
I
do
that
it
should
add
that
as
well
great
now,
I
can
also
pin
this
to
the
top.
So
you
have
these
added
in
here.
You
just
want
to
have
a
few
favorites
up
top.
You
can
pin
it
and
then
let's
go
into
one
of
these
see
what's
in
there,
and
here
is
where
you
can
it's
a
very
simple
view.
You
have
this
list
of
all
the
members
who
are
part
of
it.
A
You
have
their
email
addresses
if
you
can,
if
you
want
to
email
them-
and
I
think
the
key
part
over
here
is-
I
can
see
their
presence
within
teams
in
one
clean
list,
and
over
here
I
can
see
chris
is
offline.
My
other
account
is
offline
as
well,
and
this
is
myself
I'm
online
and
by
clicking
here
I
can
directly
chat
with
any
of
these
members
or,
if
I
say,
want
to
chat
with
one
or
more
people.
I
can
use
the
select
box
to
start
a
group
chat.
A
So
let's
pretend
I
want
to
get
one
of
these
on
call
folks
onto
to
come
into
the
same
medical
center.
I
can
do
that
and
start
a
chat
directly
or
I
can
even
do
a
meeting
or
start
a
call
any
of
those
things.
So
that's
essentially
the
entire
functionality
of
the
app.
As
you
can
imagine.
You
can
use
this
for
many
different
scenarios.
It's
not
restricted
to
healthcare
or
anything
like
that.
A
It's
very
common
that
we
maintain
a
lot
of
these
contact
groups
through
outlook
and
so
we'd
like
to
surface
them
on
teams
get
in
touch
with
them,
collaborate
with
them,
and
so
that's
what
this
app
is
great
for
and
last
but
not
least,
going
back
to
our
guide.
If
you
have
any
more
questions
about,
it
feel
free
to
look
at
the
all
the
documentation
that
we
have
available
online.
A
B
Thank
you,
kiran
on
that
one
really
really
cool
stuff
and,
like
lewis,
I
already
commended
as
well.
These
are
super
super
useful,
app
templates
because
they
actually
show
how
to
build
real
world
scenarios
and
products
for
microsoft
teams
and-
and
like
mentioned
many
times,
you
can
pull
them
down.
You
can
modify
them.
You
can
potentially
do
three
adjustments,
then
publish
us
they're
your
own.
It
is
all
open
source
it
might
be
licensed
for
everybody
to
take
advantage
anyway.
You
need
it
so
really
really
cool.