Create a new contact in O365 from an email message

Step-by-Step

Outlook 2013, Outlook 2016 (Windows)

  1. Open the message and right-click the email address you want added to your Contacts list.
  2. Click Add to Outlook Contacts.
  3. Edit the contact and click Save & Close.

Outlook on the Web (BWA)

  1. Open the message and right-click the email address you want added to your Contacts list.
  2. Click View details.
  3. Click Add to Outlook Contacts.
  4. Edit the contact and click Save & Close.

Outlook 2016 (Macintosh)

  1. Open the message and hover over the email address you want added to your Contacts list.
  2. When the pop-up window appears, click the lower right-most icon in that window with a yellow pop-up named "Open Outlook contact".
  3. This will create the Contact card that you can update and then Save & Close.
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