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AddNewTelUriContactToGroup operation

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Find information about how to use the AddNewTelUriContactToGroup EWS operation.

The AddNewTelUriContactToGroup operation adds a new contact to a group based on a contact's phone number.

This operation was introduced in Exchange Server 2013.

Using the AddNewTelUriContactToGroup operation

An AddNewTelUriContactToGroup operation request submits a contact's TEL URI, SIP URI, phone number, and the group to add the contact to. An AddNewTelUriContactToGroup operation response creates a persona for the new contact. This operation allows clients to add a new contact even if the contact does not have a name.

AddNewTelUriContactToGroup operation SOAP headers

The AddNewTelUriContactToGroup operation can use the SOAP headers that are listed in the following table.

Header name Element Description
Impersonation
ExchangeImpersonation
Identifies the user whom the client application is impersonating. This header is applicable to a request.
MailboxCulture
MailboxCulture
Identifies the culture, as defined in RFC 3066, "Tags for the Identification of Languages", to be used to access the mailbox. This header is applicable to a request.
RequestVersion
RequestServerVersion
Identifies the schema version for the operation request. This header is applicable to a request.
ServerVersion
ServerVersionInfo
Identifies the version of the server that responded to the request. This header is applicable to a response.

AddNewTelUriContactToGroup operation request example: Add a new contact to a group

The following example of an AddNewTelUriContactToGroup operation request shows how to create a new contact and add the new contact to an instant messaging (IM) group by using the contact's TEL and SIP URIs.

Note

All item identifiers and change keys in this article have been shortened to preserve readability.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
               xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types"
               xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">
   <soap:Header>
      <t:RequestServerVersion Version="Exchange2013" />
      <t:MailboxCulture>en-US</t:MailboxCulture>
   </soap:Header>
   <soap:Body >
      <m:AddNewTelUriContactToGroup>
         <m:TelUriAddress>tel:5625550100</m:TelUriAddress>
         <m:ImContactSipUriAddress>sip:john@contoso.com</m:ImContactSipUriAddress>
         <m:ImTelephoneNumber>5625550100</m:ImTelephoneNumber>
         <m:GroupId Id="AAMkADEzOTm4QrAABY7+0GAAA="/>
      </m:AddNewTelUriContactToGroup>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

The request SOAP body contains the following elements:

Successful AddNewTelUriContactToGroup operation response

The following example shows a successful response to an AddNewTelUriContactToGroup operation request to create a contact. The response contains the associated persona identifier for the contact, the display name of the persona, which in this case is based on the contact's phone number, and the contact's item identifier, which is displayed as part of the source identifier attribution.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"                           
            xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
            xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
   <s:Header>
      <h:ServerVersionInfo MajorVersion="15" 
                           MinorVersion="0" 
                           MajorBuildNumber="545" 
                           MinorBuildNumber="11" 
                           Version="Exchange2013" 
                           xmlns:h="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" 
                           xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" />
   </s:Header>
   <s:Body>
      <AddNewTelUriContactToGroupResponse ResponseClass="Success" 
                                          xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">
         <ResponseCode>NoError</ResponseCode>
         <Persona>
            <t:PersonaId Id="AAQkADE686dX3s="/>
            <t:PersonaType>Person</t:PersonaType>
            <t:CreationTime>2012-10-29T23:10:13Z</t:CreationTime>
            <t:DisplayName/>
            <t:DisplayNameFirstLast>5625550100</t:DisplayNameFirstLast>
            <t:DisplayNameLastFirst>5625550100</t:DisplayNameLastFirst>
            <t:FileAs/>
            <t:FileAsId >None</t:FileAsId>
            <t:RelevanceScore >2147483647</t:RelevanceScore>
            <t:Attributions>
               <t:Attribution>
                  <t:Id>0</t:Id>
                  <t:SourceId Id="ABhHuhCAAA=" ChangeKey="EQAAABxFU"/>
                  <t:DisplayName>Lync Contacts</t:DisplayName>
                  <t:IsWritable>false</t:IsWritable>
                  <t:IsQuickContact>true</t:IsQuickContact>
                  <t:IsHidden>false</t:IsHidden>
               </t:Attribution>
            </t:Attributions>
            <t:FileAsIds>
               <t:StringAttributedValue>
                  <t:Value>None</t:Value>
                  <t:Attributions>
                     <t:Attribution>0</t:Attribution>
                  </t:Attributions>
               </t:StringAttributedValue>
            </t:FileAsIds>
            <t:OtherTelephones>
               <t:PhoneNumberAttributedValue>
                  <t:Value>
                     <t:Number>5625550100</t:Number>
                     <t:Type>Other</t:Type>
                  </t:Value>
                  <t:Attributions>
                     <t:Attribution>0</t:Attribution>
                  </t:Attributions>
               </t:PhoneNumberAttributedValue>
            </t:OtherTelephones>
         </Persona>
      </AddNewTelUriContactToGroupResponse>
   </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

The response SOAP body contains following elements:

AddNewTelUriContactToGroup operation error response example

The following example shows an error response to an AddNewTelUriContactToGroup operation request when the group identifier contains a well-formed value that does not identify a group in the mailbox.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <s:Header>
      <h:ServerVersionInfo MajorVersion="15" 
                           MinorVersion="0" 
                           MajorBuildNumber="545" 
                           MinorBuildNumber="11" 
                           Version="Exchange2013" 
                           xmlns:h="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" 
                           xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" 
                           xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
                           xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
   </s:Header>
   <s:Body xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
           xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
      <AddNewTelUriContactToGroupResponse ResponseClass="Error" 
                                          xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">
         <MessageText>The specified object was not found in the store.</MessageText>
         <ResponseCode>ErrorItemNotFound</ResponseCode>
         <DescriptiveLinkKey>0</DescriptiveLinkKey>
      </AddNewTelUriContactToGroupResponse>
   </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

The error response SOAP body contains the following elements:

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