• by Ray Schultz , March 10, 2020

Microsoft Outlook will soon allow companies to customize their profile cards — or people cards, as they are sometimes called.

Beginning in the spring, the company will provide “the ability to add custom information to a person’s profile card through the Microsoft Graph Beta,” Bill Baer, Microsoft’s senior product marketing manager, says in a blog post.

This will allow an administrator to “customize people’s profile cards by adding properties according to your business needs,” Baer says.

In addition, firms will “be able to easily display important information such as a person’s Cost Center or Employee Id as illustrated below in the expanded profile view,” the post continues.

Baer explains that a profile card displays a person’s name or picture.

“To see a profile card in Outlook mobile, tap a person's picture or name. To see the profile card in other apps, hover or click the person's photo or name. To see your own profile card, select your own profile picture or name,” Baer says.

Baer adds: “People are the heart and soul of your company, but finding the right people at the right time isn’t always easy.  Sometimes you’re looking for more than just a name and face, maybe it’s a skill, location, or something else.”