AddNewImContactToGroup operation

Find information about the AddNewImContactToGroup EWS operation.

The AddNewImContactToGroup operation adds a new contact to an instant messaging (IM) group.

This operation was introduced in Exchange Server 2013.

Using the AddNewImContactToGroup operation

The AddNewImContactToGroup operation takes the following three arguments to add a new contact to an IM group:

• ImAddress property - Identifies the contact's IM address. This property is required.

• DisplayName property - Identifies the contact's display name.

• GroupId property - Identifies the group that the contact is added to.

This operation returns the persona of the contact that was added to the group.

AddNewImContactToGroup operation SOAP headers

The AddNewImContactToGroup 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.

AddNewImContactToGroup operation request example: Add a new IM contact to a group

The following example of an AddNewImContactToGroup operation request shows how to add a new contact to an existing IM group. The GroupId property value for this example was returned from results of the AddImGroup operation. The ExchangeStoreId property contains the GroupId property value.

<?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>
      <t:TimeZoneContext>
         <t:TimeZoneDefinition Id="GMT Standard Time"/>
      </t:TimeZoneContext>
   </soap:Header>
   <soap:Body >
      <m:AddNewImContactToGroup>
         <m:ImAddress>tsmith@contoso.com</m:ImAddress>
         <m:DisplayName>Tony Smith</m:DisplayName>
         <m:GroupId Id="AAMkAGQ1MjJjMTBkLTc4Y2UtNDAAAQKAAA="
                    ChangeKey="EgAAAA=="/>
      </m:AddNewImContactToGroup>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Note

The GroupId value has been shortened to preserve readability.

The request SOAP body contains the following elements:

• AddNewImContactToGroup

• ImAddress (String)

• DisplayName (string)

• GroupId

Successful AddNewImContactToGroup operation response

The following example shows a successful response to an AddNewImContactToGroup operation request. The response contains the persona of the newly created contact. The contact is added to the Quick Contacts folder in Exchange.

Note

Identifiers have been shortened to preserve readability.

<?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="349" 
                         MinorBuildNumber="0" 
                         Version="Exchange2013" 
                         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" 
                         xmlns:h="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" />
  </s:Header>
  <s:Body xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
          xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <AddNewImContactToGroupResponse ResponseClass="Success" 
                                    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">
      <ResponseCode>NoError</ResponseCode>
      <Persona>
        <PersonaId Id="AAQkAGQ1MjJjMTBkLTc4Y2UtNDA5Ny04ZjU5LWI3MTYzNGNkZmRkYQAQAJ3EkhEEXN5KufGbSYJanZk=" 
                   xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" />
        <PersonaType xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">Person</PersonaType>
        <CreationTime xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">2012-01-05T23:06:58Z</CreationTime>
        <DisplayName xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">Tony Smith</DisplayName>
        <DisplayNameFirstLast xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">Tony Smith</DisplayNameFirstLast>
        <DisplayNameLastFirst xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">Tony Smith</DisplayNameLastFirst>
        <FileAsId xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">None</FileAsId>
        <EmailAddress xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
          <Name>Tony Smith</Name>
          <Address>tsmith@contoso.com</Address>
          <RoutingType>SMTP</RoutingType>
        </EmailAddress>
        <EmailAddresses xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
          <EmailAddress>
            <Name>Tony Smith</Name>
            <Address>tsmith@contoso.com</Address>
            <RoutingType>SMTP</RoutingType>
          </EmailAddress>
        </EmailAddresses>
        <ImAddress xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">tsmith@contoso.com</ImAddress>
        <RelevanceScore xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">2147483647</RelevanceScore>
        <Attributions xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
          <Attribution>
            <Id>0</Id>
            <SourceId Id="BtF8oI7iVOQatt/bhQoTbWAAAAAAvcAAA=" 
                      ChangeKey="EQAAABYAAABtF8oIQoTbWAAAAAAyg" />
            <DisplayName>Outlook</DisplayName>
            <IsWritable>true</IsWritable>
            <IsQuickContact>true</IsQuickContact>
            <IsHidden>false</IsHidden>
            <FolderId Id="AAMkAGQ1MjJjMTBkLTc4YhQoTbWAAAAAAvZAAA=" 
                      ChangeKey="AQAAAA==" />
          </Attribution>
        </Attributions>
        <DisplayNames xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
          <StringAttributedValue>
            <Value>Tony Smith</Value>
            <Attributions>
              <Attribution>0</Attribution>
            </Attributions>
          </StringAttributedValue>
        </DisplayNames>
        <FileAsIds xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
          <StringAttributedValue>
            <Value>None</Value>
            <Attributions>
              <Attribution>0</Attribution>
            </Attributions>
          </StringAttributedValue>
        </FileAsIds>
        <Emails1 xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
          <EmailAddressAttributedValue>
            <Value>
              <Name>Tony Smith</Name>
              <Address>tsmith@contoso.com</Address>
              <RoutingType>SMTP</RoutingType>
            </Value>
            <Attributions>
              <Attribution>0</Attribution>
            </Attributions>
          </EmailAddressAttributedValue>
        </Emails1>
        <ImAddresses xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
          <StringAttributedValue>
            <Value>tsmith@contoso.com</Value>
            <Attributions>
              <Attribution>0</Attribution>
            </Attributions>
          </StringAttributedValue>
        </ImAddresses>
      </Persona>
    </AddNewImContactToGroupResponse>
  </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

The response SOAP body contains the following elements:

• AddNewImContactToGroupResponse

• Persona

• PersonaId

• PersonaType

• CreationTime

• DisplayName (string)

• DisplayNameFirstLast

• DisplayNameLastFirst

• FileAsId

• EmailAddress (EmailAddressType)

• Name (EmailAddressType)

• Address (string)

• RoutingType (EmailAddressType)

• ImAddress (String)

• RelevanceScore

• Attributions (ArrayOfPersonaAttributionsType)

• Attribution (PersonaAttributionType)

• ID (String)

• SourceId

• IsWritable

• IsQuickContact

• IsHidden

• FolderId

• DisplayNames

• StringAttributedValue

• Value (ArrayOfStringValueType)

• FileAsIds

• Emails1

• EmailAddressAttributedValue

• ImAddresses

AddNewImContactToGroup operation error response

The following example shows an error response to a AddNewImContactToGroup operation request. This is a response to a request to add a contact to a group that is not in the requester's 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="578" 
                           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">
      <AddNewImContactToGroupResponse ResponseClass="Error" 
                                      xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">
         <MessageText>No mailbox with such guid.</MessageText>
         <ResponseCode>ErrorNonExistentMailbox</ResponseCode>
         <DescriptiveLinkKey>0</DescriptiveLinkKey>
         <MessageXml>
            <t:Value Name="MailboxGuid" xmlns:t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">d5fasdadcw3d-23de-2341-8f59-b71523fsddda</t:Value>
         </MessageXml>
      </AddNewImContactToGroupResponse>
   </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

The error response SOAP body contains the following elements:

• AddNewImContactToGroupResponse

• MessageText

• ResponseCode

• DescriptiveLinkKey

• MessageXml

For additional error codes that are generic to EWS and specific to this operation, see ResponseCode.

See also

AddImGroup operation

AddImContactToGroup operation

AddImGroup operation

RemoveImGroup operation

SetImGroup operation

People and contacts in EWS in Exchange