Creating a New Contact List Using People in Office 365 Online

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Faculty and staff can use Office 365 online to create a contact list to quickly send emails to a group of people.

Faculty and staff can access the People component in Office 365 by logging into email.uconn.edu. 

  1. Click on the drop-down arrow next to New in the top left corner.

  2. Click New Contact List from the drop-down menu.

  3. A popup should appear in the middle of the screen. Enter in a "Contact list name" and a "Description" about the group.

    This picute shows the New contact list description box.

  4. To add members, enter in the name or email of the contact you want to add in "Add email addresses" and click on the person you want to include in the list.

  5. After adding all the contacts, click Create to finish creating the contact list.

Creating a New Contact List in the Old Office 365 Online View

  1. Click New in the top left corner.

  2. Click Create Contact List when asked what you would like to do.

  3. A pop-up should appear on the left. Enter a "List name" and any "Notes."

    This picture details the details needed when creating your new contact list.

  4. To add members, enter in the name of the contact you want to add in "Members." If the person is already a contact, they should appear; click on the person to add them to the list.

  5. If the person does not appear, enter their name and click Search Contacts and Directory to search.

  6. If there is only one person with that name, they will be added automatically. If not, click on the person you want to include to add them to the list.

  7. After adding all the contacts, click Save to finish adding the contact list.

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