# Add a Company Contact

Company contacts are shared address-book entries. Any contact you add is synced across your own Cloud Voice App clients and the server, and made available to the colleagues who are authorized to see it. This page covers the ways to add one from the desktop client.

:::note
You need permission to manage company contacts or specific phonebooks before you can add them. Ask your system administrator to grant it if the options below are unavailable.
:::

You can add a company contact in several ways:

- Enter the details by hand.
- Save an unknown number straight from a call log, voicemail, or recording.
- Promote one of your personal contacts to a shared company contact.

## Add a contact manually

1. In the Cloud Voice App desktop client, open **Contacts**.
2. Click the phonebook selector ![phonebook selector](/images/pbx/web-group.png) in the top-left corner, then choose **Company Contacts** or the phonebook you want the contact to live in.

   :::note
   A phonebook is a named subgroup inside Company Contacts. Choosing **Company Contacts** adds the entry to the shared directory as a whole, while choosing a specific phonebook also files it under that group. Only the phonebooks you have permission to manage appear here.
   :::

   
   ![Cloud Voice, choosing a company phonebook from the selector in the contacts view](/images/pbx/select-phonebook-on-desktop-1.png)
3. Click **Add**.
4. Fill in the contact's details on the page that opens.
5. Click **Save**.

## Add a contact from a call log, voicemail, or recording

When an unknown number shows up in one of your activity lists, you can turn it into a company contact without retyping it.

1. In the Cloud Voice App desktop client, open the list that holds the number: **Call Logs**, **Voicemails**, or **Recordings**.
2. Right-click the entry you want to save.
3. Do one of the following, depending on whether the number belongs to a new or an existing contact.

### Save the number as a new contact

1. Click **Add New Contact**. A contact details page opens with the number already filled into the number list.
2. Open the **Add to** drop-down, select **Company Contacts**, and then pick the phonebook or phonebooks to store the contact in from the **Phonebook List**.

   ![Selecting Company Contacts and a phonebook in the Add to field](/images/pbx/save-to-company-contacts.png)
3. Set the number's type and enter any other details you want to record.
4. Click **Save**.

### Add the number to an existing contact

1. Click **Add to Existing Contact**.
2. In the window that opens, click the phonebook selector ![phonebook selector](/images/pbx/web-group.png) in the top-left corner, then choose **Company Contacts** or the phonebook where the contact is stored.

   ![Choosing the phonebook that holds an existing company contact](/images/pbx/add-to-existing-company-contact-desktop.png)
3. Search for and select the contact, then click **Confirm**. The contact details page opens with the number added to the number list.
4. Set the number's type and update any other details as needed.
5. Click **Save**.

## Add a contact from your personal contacts

You can share one of your own personal contacts with the team by copying it into Company Contacts.

:::caution
Once a personal contact becomes a company contact, every authorized colleague can see and use it. Only promote numbers your team is meant to have, and keep private numbers in Personal Contacts.
:::

1. In the Cloud Voice App desktop client, open **Contacts**.
2. Click the phonebook selector ![phonebook selector](/images/pbx/web-group.png) in the top-left corner and choose **Personal Contacts**.

   
   ![Cloud Voice, selecting Personal Contacts from the phonebook selector](/images/pbx/select-personal-contact-on-desktop-1.png)
3. On the contact card, click the more options icon ![more options](/images/pbx/web-client-more.png), then click **Add to Company Contacts** or **Add to Phonebooks**.

   :::note
   Which option appears depends on the server's subscription.
   :::
4. If you chose **Add to Phonebooks**, select the phonebook to store the contact in from the pop-up window and click **Confirm**. An "Added successfully" message confirms the personal contact is now a company contact.