Contact importing now available in the new Google Contacts preview
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
- Administrators must also enable “User email uploads” in the Gmail User Settings by going to Apps > Google Apps > Settings for Gmail > Advanced Settings
Getting started for users
- Users can now import contacts from a wide variety of supported mail and contact sources.
- From the new Google Contacts preview, simply click More > Import > and choose the account that you’d like to migrate from.
- You will be prompted for that account's username and password, and your contacts will start transferring once you have successfully granted authorization.
- If you do need to import your contacts using a CSV file, click on CSV file in the above dialog box, and then click on Go to Old Contacts to be taken to Contacts Manager
Launch Details
Release track:
Launching to both Rapid release and Scheduled release
Rollout pace:
Full rollout (1-3 days for feature visibility)
Impact:
All end users
Action:
Admin action suggested/FYI, OR
Change management suggested/FYI
More Information
Enable the new Google Contacts for your users from the Admin console
Note: all launches are applicable to all Google Apps editions unless otherwise noted
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