User Manual

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5.1 Populating the Contact List
At any time, but particu larly when you first depl oy Bria, you may want to po pulate the contac t list with contacts
from an external source such as a file of contacts or contacts in your Outlook address book.
From an LDAP Directory or Active Directory
If your system administrator has set up an LDAP directory or Microsoft Active Directory, you can create
contacts from it:
1. Make sure Bria is configured to connect to this directory (page 74).
2. From the main menu choo se View > Show Directory (page 55).
added pi cture in 3.2
3. From the Directory tab, select peopl e, then ri ght-click and choose Add as Contact.
When you have “contacts created from directory”, the contacts are:
• Automatically updated whenever the corresponding directory entry changes.
• Automatically deleted if the corresponding entry is deleted from the directory.
Populating From the Microsoft Outlook Address Book
You can populate the Bria contact list by pulling in the contacts from your Microsoft® Outlook® contacts.
Create an Outlook account: from the main menu choose Softphone > Account Settings. See page 65 for more
information.