How do I get my contacts list back in the new teams? There used to be a toggle but this is gone now. This may be my 2nd most used feature in teams.

Anonymous
2023-12-14T22:52:52+00:00

There used to be a toggle to switch off the new Teams so that the Contacts tab showed. With today's rollout it seems to be gone.

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Anonymous
2024-01-25T14:47:39+00:00

I was bothered by this too and then I discovered Speed Dial. Click on "Calls" and on the right there is a Speed Dial pane that shows presence and if you hover over the person it brings up a menu that allows you to initiate a chat or call. It would have been really nice of Microsoft to sync Contacts with Speed Dial.

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Anonymous
2023-12-15T06:12:39+00:00

Dear GLV,

Thanks for posting in the Microsoft Community

Based on your post, I checked alongside us and found the same result as yours. Even checked with multiple test tenants and found the same result. It seems that, at this moment, Contact list feature isn't available in New Teams.

New Teams is still under development and it is suggest sending this feature to the Teams development team by go to Help > Suggest a feature. Feedback submitted in this way reaches the product team directly, and they can add future updates. On this point, cooperation and understanding will be greatly appreciated.

Further move back to classic Teams, please go to More Option (...) > Turn off New Teams.

Screenshot for Turn off New Teams and Suggest feature option.

Thank you for your previous time. Stay safe and healthy.

Best regards

Ankita Vaidya

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-02T23:42:55+00:00

    Just reinstate the contacts list. it was dumb to remove it.

    i get the new people app, and have pinned it. but its not better than the old contacts.

    okay. can anybody from Msoft explain the benefits of the new version in regard to people vs contacts?

    if things work and are not broken, some **** will often come along and change it for no reason, probably to justify their bloated salary, and try and show everybody how awesome they are. if only i could get my hands on those people.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-08T18:36:44+00:00

    is there a reason MS does not do focus group to test this stuff before releasing to the public.

    "contacts" are number 2 in usage right behind actual chatting. seriously, who thought it was a good idea to remove this feature.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-05T07:36:37+00:00

    Yes they have moved to the "People" App but you cannot see your chat history in the People app like you can when you organise your chats by Contact.

    Yes, you can pin people in the Chat app but this only allows a small number of people.

    Microsoft need to listen to the people and reinstate what appears to be used by a large portion of the user base.

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