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Contacts

Afi backup for Exchange contacts includes all user contacts together with all the corresponding metadata (photo, addresses, phones, website, notes, etc.) and preserves contact folder structure.

Browse

A user can search across all contact metadata fields, including name/surname, addresses, phones, notes, etc. In case of a phone number it is possible to enter just a few sequential digits to locate all contacts that contain this substring of digits in one of their phone numbers.

The following example shows a search query matching all contacts with both the terms Dream and Corp in metadata:

Another example shows a search query matching all contacts with a specified substring of digits in a phone number:

Export

Exchange contacts can be exported in PST and VCF formats. A user can select individual contacts or contact folders, as well as all contacts inside a mailbox, for export.

Recovery

A user can restore selected contacts, contact folders, or all contacts in a mailbox to the same or another mailbox. The following recovery modes are available:

  • Recover to a separate folder - restore selected contacts under a folder(s) with the specified suffix. You can specify your own suffix or proceed with a system-generated one (Restored by AFI/<date>).
  • Overwrite existing content - restore selected contacts in place. This recovery mode should be used with caution as it will replace items that already exist in a restore destination mailbox in case of a conflict. Any other existing items that don't conflict with data being restored are preserved upon restore.

Here is an example of a contact restored to a custom folder by Afi:

Notice

When using the Exchange web interface, please make sure that the New Contacts feature is disabled when using the Recover to a separate folder restore mode.