How to Build a SharePoint Contact List with Internal and External Users

When I wrote about building a project index in SharePoint, I intentionally focused on structure and discoverability. A single place to see all consulting projects, understand what they are about, and navigate to the right site without friction. In practice, though, every time I implement that pattern, I end up adding one more list almost immediately: a contact list built specifically to store the contact information of everyone involved in the project.

Projects are defined as much by people as they are by sites and documents, and in consulting those people are rarely all internal. Customers, partners, and external stakeholders need to be visible in the context of a project, even when they are not and should not be part of the tenant.

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Build a SharePoint Project Index for a Cleaner, Connected Intranet

If you work in consulting, or any environment where multiple projects run in parallel, you’ve probably felt this pain: every project gets its own SharePoint site, every team stores documents in different places, and every time someone asks, “Where can I find the project site for X?” you either open Teams to search for links or end up adding another item to the Quick Links web part.

In this article I’ll show you a simple saolution to create a clean, visual, centralized index of all project sites using one SharePoint list and one formatted view.

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I've been working with Microsoft Technologies over the last ten years, mainly focused on creating collaboration and productivity solutions that drive the adoption of Microsoft Modern Workplace.

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