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Bria 3.0 Administrator Guide

2.3 Setting up Contacts

Typically, users will want to create contacts in order to easily make phone calls. In addition, in order to send

IMs, shared online information and transfer files, contacts are required.

Contact Storage

You can set up Bria so that contacts are stored locally on each user’s computer, or remotely on a WebDAV or

XCAP server, or in the user’s Microsoft® Outlook® address book or Mac address book (in this case, users are

actually using their Outlook contacts (or Mac contacts) from within Bria; nothing is saved in Bria).

See page 41.

Populating the Contact List: Bria for Windows Only

You may want to provide an initial contact list for users who are using Bria for Windows. You can:

• Provide a file that users can import. See below.

This option makes sense if users will be set up to store their contacts locally or on a WebDAV or XCAP

server. It cannot be used if users will be set up to use the Outlook address book for contacts.

• Create an LDAP directory or Microsoft Active Directory® and set up users to connect to this directory.

Once Bria is connected to the directory, the directory contents appear in the Directory tab (alongside the

Contacts and History tabs) and users can choose to create a contact from any entry.

This option makes sense for all storage methods: local, remote server, and Outlook.

See page 37.

Importing Contacts

You can provide a file (for example, the company contact list) that each user can import as desired. The import

file can be:

• A comma-separated file. Use this method to import from a Microsoft® Excel® file. You will first have to

set up the file; see below.

• A vCard file (*.vcf file). A vCard is an electronic business card that is often attached to an email.

• A Microsoft® Outlook® or Microsoft® Exchange contact list (a *.pst file).

Setting up an Excel File for Import

1. Remove any introductory text or headings from the top of the file. (You can keep text at the end of the file;

it will be ignored during the import.)

2. Insert a blank row as the first row. In this row, type the headings that Bria will use to interpret the meaning

of each column. The columns can be in any order. The most popular headings are:

• display-name

•entry_id

•given_name

• surname

• postal_address.

For a complete list of headings, see page 85.

3. Save the file as *.csv.

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