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BCM Errors after October 2017 Outlook Update

Fix for BCM error message: Business Contact Manager for Outlook could not complete your last action or action. Please try again.

New: Outlook Customer Manager

A replacement for Outlook Business Contact Manager (BCM) is rolling out to Office 365 Business Premium subscribers, beginning with those who have First Release enabled. Customer Manager uses Office 365 services to search your mailbox and store related information.

Sharing Customer Manager Records

How to share contacts, companies and deals with the other members of your Customer Manager team members using Office 365 Outlook 2016 Customer Manager.

Outlook 2016: No BCM

Bad news for Business Contact Manager users: BCM will not be updated to work with Outlook 2016.

BCM Installer Tries to Install a Different Program

Error installing Business Contact Manager: BCM Setup tries to install some other program you previously downloaded.

BCM Errors after Upgrading to Windows 10

Several users are having issues with Outlook and Business Contact Manager (BCM) after upgrading to Windows 10.

Add BCM Account name to Contact's Company field

A user decided the BCM was overkill for his needs and wanted to move his 5000 Business Contacts into Outlook Contacts before upgrading to Office 365. The only issue was keeping the contact associated with the Account name it was assigned to in BCM. The Company name field was suitable, but he needed to update  

Update for Business Contact Manager (BCM 2013)

This Outlook BCM update fixes a number of issues plaguing BCM users, including the incorrect labels for address and phone numbers, that affected BCM after the September 2013 Office update was installed.

BCM error converting data type int to smallint

The problem: you receive an error while trying to delete a business contact or account: "error converting data type int to smallint". You can make changes to the contact, just not delete it. This problem occurs when there are more than 32,767 (the number that a smallint can handle at max) business contacts in the  

Can you use BCM Contacts in Outlook Web Access?

How to access BCM contacts online or share them with smartphones and tablets.

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Count and List Folders in Classic Outlook

Google Workspace and Outlook with POP Mail

Import EML Files into New Outlook

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New Outlook: Show To, CC, BCC in Replies

Insert Word Document into Email using VBA

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Open Outlook Templates using PowerShell

Count and List Folders in Classic Outlook

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Warn Before Deleting a Contact

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