Share Contact

The Share Contact feature in the Secure Contacts App (SCA) lets users securely share individual contacts with colleagues. Administrators control its availability through App Configuration settings and ensure data security using Intune Trusted Application Protection, which restricts sharing to trusted apps only.

Sharing an Contact

When users tap the Share Contact button, a dialog appears showing the contact’s details. Users can then select which properties to include before exporting the Contact, giving them control over what information is shared.

Enabling the Share Contact Option

To use the Share Contact feature in the SCA, the administrator must first enable it in the App Configuration policy. Once configured, users can share contacts through other apps, such as Outlook or Microsoft Teams, ensuring that the feature is only available in environments approved by administrators.

ShareContacts_Enabled : Enables or disables the Share Contact feature entirely. If set to "true", the Share Contact option becomes available in SCA. Default value: "false"

Instructions on how to apply SCA App Configuration settings are available here

By enabling the Share Contact option, contact information may leave the protected SCA environment. This can increase the risk of data exposure.

Intune Trusted Application Protection

When Intune’s Trusted Application Protection is enabled, SCA enforces data protection rules for shared contacts. Contacts can be shared only with trusted apps, such as Outlook, Teams, or other Intune-enabled applications.

This ensures that corporate contact data remains secure and cannot be transferred to unmanaged or personal apps, even on devices that are not fully managed. By combining App Protection with the Share Contact feature, administrators can maintain control over corporate data while allowing secure collaboration.

Some apps can be exempted from Intune’s Trusted Application Protection to allow sharing corporate data with critical or third-party apps that aren’t Intune-managed. Only do this for trusted apps, as exempting reduces data protection.

Share Contact feature is only available with an SCA Enterprise license.