Contact Groups are groups of contacts that you commonly email and is managed by you. This guide will show you how to create and share a contact group and added members to it.

Create a Contact Group

1. Open Microsoft Outlook and go to People
   
   
   
2. On the Home tab of the ribbon, click "New Contact Group"
   
   
   
3. Name your contact Group
   
   
   
4. From the Members section, click "Add members" and Select one of the options described below:
   
   - From Outlook Contacts = Select from your saved or recent contacts.
   - From Address Book = Select from the Global Address Book of the company. This is controlled by HPG IT, but will have a complete list of HPG Employees
   - New E-mail Contact = Create a new contact. Good for adding non-employee's as a contact and to the group
   
   
   
   For the purpose of this guide, we will select "From Address Book"
   
   
5. Search for the people you want to add to your group and add them by double clicking their names
   
   
   Click OK once you have added all those you want added
   
   
6. Click Save & Close to finish the Contact Group creation
   
   
   

To send this group a message, find them in your contacts and select Send Email

OR you can add the contact group to the address bar of your new messages

Sharing the Contact Group
Want to share your contact group with another person? Forward the group to any HPG Employee by:

1. Right click the contact group

2. Select Forward Contact > As an Outlook Contact

3. Compose your message and add recipients. The contact card for the group is attached.

Those that receive your message can double click the contact card to import the group to their contacts.

Note: This group will not auto update when change are made to it. So be sure to communicate changes to the group when they are made.