Exporting Microsoft People (contacts) with Contacts App on Android phone.
I have been investigating how to get my Microsoft People (contacts) exported to a contacts app on my Android phone with various levels of success. There are many comments by others trying to do the same thing with various levels of success and frustration. The Microsoft Windows 10 phone had synchronisation of contacts through the Microsoft Account, however there appears no simple way to link Microsoft people (contacts) with Android as there isn’t, currently a Microsoft People app for the Android phone.
The following work around is the method I have found for transferring Microsoft People (contacts) to an Android phone.
First, install Google Contacts on the Android phone, in app Settings, Contacts sync settings, link your Google Account and in Backup Account, confirm that, Automatically back up and sync device contacts, is turned on. In the Sync status confirm that, Automatically sync, is set to on.
Google Contacts (online) account supports the CSV file import/export of contacts, only in the, CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv) file format. The Microsoft People (online) account supports CSV file import/export of contacts, only in the, CSV UTF-8 (Comma delimited) (*.csv) file format. Therefore, the Microsoft People online CSV file is incorrectly formatted for importing directly into the Google Contacts account. The CSV (.csv) file exported from the Microsoft People (online) account must be saved in the, CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv) Excel file format (see drop down menu in Excel for format when saving), so it can be imported with the correct formatting, into the Google Contacts (online) account.
Therefore, your Microsoft People (contacts) may be exported into your Google Contacts account with the formatting preserved. Note that if a new contact is added to the Microsoft People (contacts) then the procedure above will need to be repeated to sync with the Google Contacts.
The Windows 10 People app may be set to automatically synchronise with the Google Gmail account and can only import from the Google Contacts account. The Gmail account must be added, by clicking, Add an account and then the contacts may be manually synchronised in the Windows 10 People app by right clicking on the Gmail Account in Settings and clicking Synchronise.
The Windows 10 People app can automatically import (but not export) contacts that are in the online Microsoft People account. If a contact is deleted from the
Windows 10 People app it will not be deleted in the Google Contacts app on the phone. If a contact is added to the Windows 10 People app it is not exported to any of the other contacts accounts. If a contact is added or removed from to the phone’s Google Contacts app it will be synchronised with the online Goggle Contacts account and vice versa.
Hope this helps.