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 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 App Protection - managed apps only

By enabling Intune App Protection with the Send org data to: Policy managed apps with Open-In/Share filtering setting on iOS (or the Send org data to: Policy managed apps setting on Android), contact sharing is restricted exclusively to managed apps. This means that SCA contacts can only be shared with other Intune-protected or approved applications, such as Outlook, Teams, or other trusted corporate apps.

This ensures that sensitive corporate contact data cannot be transferred to personal or unmanaged apps, even on devices that are not fully enrolled in device management. By combining App Protection policies with share restrictions, organizations can maintain control over corporate information while still enabling secure collaboration within approved applications.

Some apps can be exempted to allow sharing corporate data with critical or third-party apps that aren’t Intune-managed. Only exempt trusted apps, as doing so reduces data protection.

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