Is it possible to have a contact list web part pull specified contacts from the profile database? I’d like to have my contact list(s) actually pull the data from the profile db since it will be updated by AD.
1. Create a custom web part. 2. If you use SQL XML to pull the user profile data you're interested in, you could use the XML Viewer part to display. See some of the SQL queries posted to microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver3. Write something that sync's all or part of the user profile database with a SharePoint Contact list. msdn.microsoft.com/.../odc_fpbldgxmlwebs.asp might be helpful.My preference would be #3 because a Contact list gives you the greatest flexibility.
I didn’t think it was OOB functionality. I was already thinking of #1 as my course of action.