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How to remove the Welcome Message when a new member joins a group.
We are moving from an on-premise Exchange 2013 environment (using Hybrid) and we have to move our DLs to the cloud. I can create them through powershell as a distribution group, but that does not write back to our local AD (using AADConnect). So using the Unified Group commands, I can create them and they write back. The problem is the welcome message. We are not ready for users to use the extra features of the groups, plus we have users that are a part of several hundred DLs, based on what customers they take care of. I see the attribute WelcomeMessageEnabled, but am unable to change that to $False. I have also tried using mail rules to delete the message based on content in subject or body, but again no go. Does anyone have any way of turning these off? This will create a huge helpdesk and support nightmare if I can not turn these off. Thanks, Jason.Solved158KViews0likes36Commentsdynamic group based on domain join type
Hi, is there a simple solution to this: - I would like to have a dynamic group for all devices 1. which are Azure AD joined & 2. All devices which are hybrid azure ad joined. Is there an attribute which i can address? Thank you in advance for any advice.Solved47KViews3likes18CommentsIntroducing the Groups Admin Role
Today, we are thrilled to announce that the the Groups admin role in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is now generally available. This new Azure Active Directory role enables you to perform group management tasks for and Azure AD security groups without requiring Global administrator permissions. Users with the Groups administrator role can use the Microsoft 365 Admin center, the Azure portal and other methods to create, edit, delete, and restore groups, and manage Office 365 Groups policies (example - creation, naming, and expiration policies). Figure 1 - Managing Groups in the Microsoft 365 Admin center Figure 2 - Managing Groups in the Azure portal You can provision the Groups admin role using Azure AD PowerShell: #Below steps need to be completed only once to install the Azure AD scripts Install-Module -Name AzureAD #Connect (use privileged role) Connect-AzureAD # Get the user to be assigned the role, replacing foo@contoso.com with the email address of the user $roleMember = Get-AzureADUser -SearchString "foo@contoso.com" # Enable the role for the tenant (skip this step if you have already enabled the role for your tenant). If you have already enabled the role, you will get an error (which you can ignore) $newRole = Enable-AzureADDirectoryRole -RoleTemplateId "fdd7a751-b60b-444a-984c-02652fe8fa1c" # Get the newly added role - replace the role template Id as per need $newRole = Get-AzureADDirectoryRole -Filter "roleTemplateId eq 'fdd7a751-b60b-444a-984c-02652fe8fa1c'" # Add the user to this role - copy the object Id from the output of the above command and use below Add-AzureADDirectoryRoleMember -ObjectId $newRole.ObjectId -RefObjectId $roleMember.ObjectId Limitations There are a few limitations that we are looking to address soon: The admin role is designed mainly for Office 365 groups and cannot manage other group types like distribution groups, mail-enabled security groups or shared mailboxes. This role cannot be used to update a Group’s email address or modify external mail or mail delivery options in the Microsoft 365 admin center. You cannot use Exchange PowerShell cmdlets to manage Office 365 Groups. A Groups admin cannot manage audit logs, access reports, or guest settings. We would love to hear your feedback or suggestions. Leave a comment here or reach out to us on user voice.34KViews3likes1CommentMicrosoft Groups:Your request can’t be completed right now
Hi All, A user cannot access her Groups in the Outlook online version and on the Desktop version. When she clicks on a group, she gets the error message: Yourrequest can’t be completed right now. We also tried from the New Group website, and it is the same error. Can anyone help out?1.4KViews1like6CommentsOutlook groups - how to send emails from Groups
Hi, Is there a way to send emails from Microsoft 365 groups similar to distribution groups/security groups? I need to use a specific group to send emails rather than individual email addresses I have added the email address to my "From" section but it says I do not have permissions to send from the specific group. I own the group and can't see any option in the group to add permissions so looking for advice on what to do next? Thanks, Áine270Views1like0CommentsMicrosoft 365 Groups Public Roadmap
Is there a public roadmap for Microsoft 365 Groups. Mostly everything seems straight forward with Microsoft 365 Groups, but I have a large subset of employees who are resistant to change to Microsoft 365 Groups because the groups tab in Outlook Web will not search the files or calendar events in Outlook, will only search mail within the shared mailbox. If there is a public roadmap I was hoping to see if anything will be changing with the product or if its mainly stuck the way it is.158Views0likes1Commentdynamic group based on assigned license
Hi, is it possible to create a group with users based on a assigned license? So i want to include all users into this specific group who has e.g. an E3 license assigned, but not an E5. It seems, that the only way is to use the a ServicePlan name, not a SKU name, isn't it? Even better would be a dynamic membership rule based on the SKU, not on a ServicePlan. What i tried to do: 1. Get-MsolAccountSKU to find out the SKU name 2. Created a dynamic group without knowing which syntax to use :D 3. Used this dynamic membership rule as a workaround: (user.assignedPlans -any ((assignedPlan.service -match "NAME") -and (assignedPlan.capabilityStatus -eq "Enabled"))) (I found the ServicePlan names viaGet-MsolAccountSku | Where-Object {$_.SkuPartNumber -eq “ENTERPRISEPREMIUM”} | ForEach-Object {$_.ServiceStatus} Thank you ina advance. Patrick :)159KViews0likes28CommentsO365 groups missing - SharePoint Modern Team Site
Hello Everyone, We have over 450+ team site in our SPO tenant and we started to noticed that most of these site does not have an O365 group associated/attached to it. Looks like O365 groups did not get created during the site creation. > The built in filter view in SPO admin page- active sites - shows that all the sites has O365 groups however cannot find them under groups in any admin page (SPO,Exchange groups, or in AzurePortal) > Tried to create a new group via PS and i get this message Connect-SPOService -Url $SPOAdminCenterUrl -Credential $O365Cred $GroupDisplayName="Group Display Name" $GroupAlias="GroupAlias" Set-SPOSiteOffice365Group -Site $ModernSPOSite -DisplayName $GroupDisplayName -Alias $GroupAlias ==== Output ==== Set-SPOSiteOffice365Group : This site already has an O365 Group attached. At line:5 char:1 + Set-SPOSiteOffice365Group -Site https://modern.sharepoint.com/sites ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-SPOSiteOffice365Group], ServerException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ServerException,Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell.SetSPOOffice365Group Any suggestion on how to get a report or list of all the site which does not have O365 groups associated to the Modern site Thanks in advanced.6.1KViews1like3CommentsAuto Set "Receive only replies to you" for all members of a Teams Group
Hello, I am looking for a way to automatically set the "Following" setting "Receive only replies to you" for all existing members of a MS Teams group. Preferably, I would like to have this setting be auto selected for all new members as well. I am comfortable working with MS Graph or PowerShell, but have had trouble finding any information on how to do this. This is the setting as shown in Outlook:780Views0likes2CommentsIs there a "Sent" folder for an O365 Group Conversation?
If I grant a user access to SendAs the O365 Group, and they send an email "as the group", and they don't copy themself, where does that email actually go. I can't find any record of it anywhere inside the group (only in the inbox of the recipient).20KViews2likes18CommentsPrevent members from unsubscribing
Hello, We have an open sources solution for Distribution Lists called Sympa, we are looking to migrate to Groups 365 or plained DL in exchange, but some features seems to be missing. Is it possible for a Group365 to block members from unsubscribing ? the only way I found is to use the switchHiddenFromExchangeClientsEnabled : True but in doing so we loose the ability for owners to manage the membership 😞 Thanks in advance François1.7KViews0likes2CommentsActive vs Inactive Office 365 Groups
In order to do some clean-up for our Office 365 Groups we want to make sure that the groups that migt be considered in-active are trully that way. According to this article:"Last activity date (UTC)refers to the date of the last time file activity was detected on the site." We are not sure if a group would be active if: 1. There were conversations only (no files uploads at this period); 2. The teamused only Planner; 3. Only the OneNote was updated at this period, Which one of theseusers - groups interactions wouldtrigger activity and which are considered "hidden' activities.Solved16KViews2likes8CommentsHiding Office 365 Groups Created by Teams from Exchange Clients
Teams now hides the Office 365 Groups that it creates from Exchange clients (Outlook, OWA, and the mobile apps). That’s as it should be for groups created for new teams. If you want to hide groups created for older teams, you can run the Set-UnifiedGroup cmdlet, but that soon becomes boring when you might have hundreds of groups to process. PowerShell to the rescue once again. https://www.petri.com/hiding-office-365-groups-exchange-clients60KViews6likes30CommentsGroup expiration policy - what criteria does the policy use to determine when a group expires?
We are considering enabling group expiration on 80k+ groups. Before we do so we would like to understand which groups will be affected. There isn't any documentation that I could find on which criteria the group expiration policy uses, and when we opened a case with Microsoft they weren't able to tell us much other than 'check audit logs', which doesn't help since that only keeps data for 90 days. Does anyone have any insight on this one? Maybe a way to run a 'what-if' scenario before we kick off the policy? Thanks!Solved338Views0likes2Comments