The samples illustrate how you can add contact and group management functionality to your applications, leveraging existing contact repositories used by your business. The Contact Manager Client sample application demonstrates adding functionality to your custom applications, such as:

Add or remove groups
Add or remove contacts
Copy or move contacts between groups

Contact Manager uses a plug-in architecture that offers developers the ability to create custom libraries that can import contacts from various sources such as Microsoft Outlook or a Microsoft SQL Server database. Contact Manager has been built with a plug-in architecture that offers developers the ability to create custom libraries that can import contacts from various sources. A single plug-in that provides Active Directory searching has been included with the sample application to use as a reference point.

This download includes a fully functional sample application with source code, Hands on Lab, Code Walkthrough, and supporting documentation. The Hands on Lab is provided in C# and Visual Basic .NET.

Microsoft Group and Contact Management Sample for Office Communicator 2005