• How to Synchronize Google Contacts to your iPhone or iPad

  Being able to manage different kinds of contacts on your Mac, iPhone or computers is essential in many organisations. With Patronum, and a little help from Google, you can sync your Google Contacts over to your iPhone and iOS devices. First you need to share your Google Contacts with other users, you can decide to either share contacts via a Google label/group or [share your Google Directory with others](https:Popular

• Sharing Google Contacts (administrator)

  Patronum allows users to share their Google Contacts with other within the same domain. As an administrator you can also configure contact sharing for your users. Navigate to the Contacts section. Select the (+) icon. From here you can select the user you want to share the contacts from, and select the specific label. Select which users you will be sharingPopular

• Sharing Google Contacts via a Policy

  Set up a Google Contacts Policy Within Patronum it is possible to share Google Contacts automatically with users other within the same domain. As an administrator you can also configure contact sharing for your users. Navigate to the Policies section. Select the CONTACTS tabs Select the (+) icon. From here you can select the user you want to share the contacts from, and select the specific label. Select which permissions the users in the policy will have. ![SelecSome readers

• Search Google Contacts

  Patronum provides you the ability to search all your users individual Google Contacts. This is useful when information stored by users is out of date, incorrect or part of a GDPR request. To search Google Contacts: Browse to the Contacts section. Within this section you will see a list of all the contacts, and which users the contact belongs to. From here you can edit, delete, hide and export these contacts. To search or narrow down the displayed results select +Add a filter ![FilSome readers

• External Shared Contacts / Domain Contacts

  If your users often contact people outside your domain, such as consultants or partners, you can add them to your Directory as shared external contacts. People in your organization can find the profile information for shared external contacts in many Google services, such as when they enter addresses in Gmail. To create External Shared Contacts within your Google Directory: Navigate over to the Contacts sectionSome readers

• How to migrate from alternative Contact Sharing solution?

  If you are currently using a different contact sharing application that is managing your shared contacts but are looking to change, don't worry, with Patronum you can seamlessly and gracefully make the switch. Log into Patronum and access the Contact Sharing section via the Contacts Menu. From here select the original owner of the Google Contact Label and share as desired. Selecting “Migrate” will inform Patronum that this is a migration from an alternative contact sharing system and will preveSome readers

• Configuring Directory Contacts via a Policy

  Within Patronum it is possible to share Google Directory Contacts automatically with users other within the same domain. This feature is really useful if you want your users to have access to company contact information from their mobile devices, including iOS and Android. Navigate to the Policies section. Create a Policy, giving it a name and description (optional) Select the CONTACTS tabs Select the (+) icon. From here you can select Directory Contacts. EnSome readers

• What are DOMAIN CONTACTS

  The Google Workspace Directory contains two types of contacts, those from your Google Workspace accounts, and those of external contacts or DOMAIN CONTACTS as we call them in Patronum, or DOMAIN SHARED CONTACTS to give them their full name, as defined by Google. Domain Shared Contacts are created by the Google Shared Contacts API and are visible to all users of a Google Workspace domain and all Google services have accessSome readers

• How to import contacts into DOMAIN CONTACTS

  External Contacts (DOMAIN CONTACTS) The Google Workspace Directory contains two types of contacts, those from your Google Workspace accounts, and those of external contacts or DOMAIN CONTACTS as we call them in Patronum. Domain Contacts are created by the Google Shared Contacts API and are visible to all users of a Google Workspace domain and all Google services have access to the contact list. You can manage and add new Domain Wide Contacts via Patronum within the DOMAIN CONTACTS section oSome readers

• Contacts "not synced yet"

  After configuring Directory Contacts, Patronum will perform a sync by reading your Google Directory and creating Contacts within the specified users Google Contacts. However if after 24 hours you are seeing the message not synced yet it is likely that Patronum is unable to read your Google Directory due to a configuration within the Google Admin Console. To address this you need to change Sharing settings of the Google Directory. To do this you need to:- Access the [Google Admin CFew readers

• Sharing Google Contacts (user)

  Patronum allows users to share their Google Contacts with other within the same domain. As a user you can share your Google Contacts on a per label basis with other users within your domain. The following video show how users are able to share contacts using Patronum and the Patronum Contact Sharing Chrome Extension. Google Contact SharingFew readers

• Directory Contacts not synchronizing.

  For Patronum to synchronize your Google Directory contacts to users Google Contacts you need to make sure that your External Directory sharing are not disabled. This setting will prevent the Directory Sync from working correctly. The Google API requires the External Directory Sharing to be set to Domain and public data. From the Google Admin Console access Directory settings from the console menu. ![Google Admin Console - Directory SeFew readers

• Attributes that are involved in Contact and Directory sync process

  Via the Directory Contacts and Sharing Contacts process Patronum keeps many of the Google Contact fields updated. Below is a list of these attributes:- Google Contact Attributes names nicknames emailAddresses organizations phoneNumbers addresses events urls relations birthdays biographies Directory CFew readers