FAQ

Get answers to your frequently asked questions

Please check the FAQ section on the Easy Directory landing page.

chevron-rightWhich Outlook attributes are displayed in the Easy Directory?hashtag

The following Outlook attributes are displayed in Easy Directory:

  • First name

  • Last name

  • Email (1)

  • Email (2)

  • Email (3)

  • Mobile phone number (1)

  • Business phone number (1)

  • Business fax

  • Job title

  • Business address

    • Street

    • City

    • State/Province

    • Zip

    • Country/Region

  • Home address

    • Street

    • City

    • State/Province

    • Zip

    • Country/Region

  • Company

  • Department

  • Office Location

  • Categorize

chevron-rightWhy am I seeing the “same” filter multiple times?hashtag

The filter appears multiple times because these are technically two different filters. They are created automatically based on the data master. To resolve this properly, the data master for the relevant contacts must be adjusted.

chevron-rightHow can I integrate my CRM or ERP contacts?hashtag

Easy Directory uses Shared Mailboxes as standardized source for third-party contacts to leverage all benefits, that Exchange Online provides. In Easy Directory, you can simply attach one or multiple shared mailboxes to gain access to all your contacts.

Our Contact Synch app offers a proven solution that automatically synchronizes the contacts from your ERP, or CRM, or any other contact database into your shared mailboxes on a daily basis, in a robust and secure way. This ensures that all your contact information is always up to date.

For more information on Contact Synch, please visit our websitearrow-up-right or see the videoarrow-up-right, where our virtual assistants, Mike and Sophia, explain it further.

chevron-rightCan I edit contact details directly in Easy Directory?hashtag

No. The contact fields are edited in the source of the contact itself. Easy Directory itself does not store contacts and their details. Instead it retrieves the contacts and the information always from the source system, ensuring that the contacts and their details always remains on your systems.

chevron-rightEasy Directory just shows a blank screenhashtag

If Easy Directory only shows a white screen, it is mostly due to Firewall settings blocking the app domain (.easydirectory.app) or resources that are loaded by Microsoft Teams, such as cdn.jsdelivr.net.

Please check with your IT administrator if you face such issues.

chevron-rightMissing results: Not as many results as expectedhashtag

When you search for a contact (e.g., Meier) it might be, that not all Meiers are shown in the search results. This is not an error and due to the reason, that for each contact source only a certain amount of top matching results is loaded to save resources.

You need to further narrow down your search input (e.g., Meier M).

chevron-rightDidn't get any search result or Easy Directory keeps loadinghashtag

If Easy Directory remains loading and does not show you any search result, please check whether there is a pop-up that gets blocked from your browser. This might be the case, when the consent has not been granted by an administrator so far and the app wants you to log-in with an admin account and your browser blocks pop-ups.

chevron-rightPerformance: My search took several secondshashtag

Easy Directory is requesting the contacts through Microsoft's Graph API. Therefore, it is dependent on the performance of Graph. Most of the time, it works in pieces of seconds. Nevertheless, it might happen that the graph response takes some time and thus, a search query lasts for several seconds. Unfortunately, we cannot influence the behavior of Graph.

chevron-rightCannot find Easy Directory app in Teams or Teams Admin Centerhashtag

If you cannot find Easy Directory in Teams or in the Teams Admin Center, your Teams administrator might have implemented an App Permission Policy that blocks third-party apps. Therefore, check with your Teams administrator or if you are the administrator, make sure to apply an exception for Easy Directory.

Example:

chevron-rightHow to mark a view as default start viewhashtag

Select a view as your default view by clicking on the star-icon. The default view will be loaded as default when you open Easy Directory.

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