Contacts in SharePoint 2010

Introduction

Question: What are contacts?

In simple terms "It enables the addition of contacts that are useful for the user, enabling the user to have other people for communication of information".

I think we are now good to go and implement this wonderful concept.

Step 1: Open SharePoint 2010 Central Administration.

Step 2: Navigate to "Site Actions" -> "More Options...":

Step 3: Select "Contacts" from the listed categories. Give a name to the contact.

Step 4: The contact has been created; the site looks like this:

Step 5: Adding new contact.

Step 6: The contact has been created; the site looks like this:

Step 7: In ribbon view, go to list tools and under list select modify view.
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Step 8: Group by company name.