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[New!] Drag and drop conversations into groups
Good news! We're currently rolling out drag and drop for messages and conversations into groups in Outlook on the web first for First Release customers, then Standard release customers. It's much easier to explain with a GIF: Support for Outlook 2016 for Windows is coming soon--stay tuned. You can find the documentation here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/24e809db-70e1-45b7-8d54-efac7951dc9536KViews15likes123CommentsFeature update: Email sending behavior for Groups in Outlook
We have recently fixed the email sending behavior to a group, where senders had complained about receiving the emails they send to a group, back in their personal inbox. With this fix, senders will no longer receive the emails they send to a group, back in their personal inbox.The sender can receive email sent to group in there Inbox, they have to login to there mailbox using OWA, and then Settings->Mail->Groups->"Send me a copy of email I send to a group" The primary complaints we heard were about reading the same message users sent to a group multiple times - in their sent messages, and their inbox. We believe sending an email to a person or to a group should be consistent, and this circling back of an email from a group was just leading to confusion, unnecessary triage, and inconvenience for a lot of our users. We understand that some users had started using this inconsistent behavior as a way to confirm if their emails were delivered to a group. An email sent to a group is already available in the group's conversation archive as well as in the sender's sent email. Update (4/7/2017): Thanks for all your valuable feedback. Though a good majority of our users have embraced this change for Groups, there's also a section of our users who complained about this change affecting their workflows. We value all the feedback from our users and hence we are considering enhancing this feature to address the negative feedback. Please watch this space for further updates on this featurein the coming weeks.Solved133KViews10likes108CommentsManage automatic creation of direct reports group
Please let me know what you think: "Beginning in March 2017, managers who have 2-20 direct reports, do not already have a direct reports group, and have permissions to create groups in Outlook, will automatically have a private group created for them with their direct reports. The manager will be added as an owner, and the direct reports of the manager will be added as members by default. The group will be named "<Manager's Name>'s direct reports", but that can be edited." To view the complete article: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Manage-automatic-creation-of-direct-reports-group-Admin-help-8387f129-19cc-4426-9911-e36fa0a01043?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=USSolvedScott JohnsonMar 16, 2017Brass Contributor56KViews4likes100CommentsEnhancements to O365 Groups Calendar in Outlook - Never miss an event sent to a group.
Groups in Outlook is being used by millions of users worldwide to improve collaboration and be more productive working with a group of people – be it for project collaboration, organizational groups or classroom groups. Onekey feedback we have received from you is that users sometimes miss groupevents as the invites sent to a group do notshow up in the members' personal calendars. Responding to this feedback around lost or missed group calendar invites, we will soon be rolling out a key enhancement to group calendar feature. With this enhancement, members of a group would always receive a copy of an event that was sent to a group in their personal inbox (in addition to the group mailbox), irrespective of their subscription settings for that group. Members can then action (accept/tentative/decline) on that invite just like they do for their personal calendar invites in their inbox. This way, members will always be in the know of all the group calendar events, and the event organizers can confidently create events without the fear of members missing events. Thanks for your continued feedback for O365 Groups, and keep it coming. This enhancement will be available to all O365 Groups users in the coming weeks. So, take it for a spin and let us know how you feel. Additional Info: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Schedule-a-meeting-on-a-group-calendar-0cf1ad68-1034-4306-b367-d75e9818376a?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=USSolved49KViews2likes86CommentsAbility to connect existing SharePoint team sites to Office 365 Groups is coming later this year
Important sets of announcements today from the SharePoint team, including this specific one coming later this year: The ability to connect existing SharePoint team sites to Office 365 Groups, so you can augment existing sites with shared conversations, calendar and Planner. https://blogs.office.com/2017/05/16/new-sharepoint-and-onedrive-capabilities-accelerate-your-digital-transformation/Solved35KViews8likes74CommentsIntroducing guest access for Office 365 Groups!
Today, we announced the new guest access feature for Office 365 Groups, the group membership service that provides a single identity for teams in Office 365. The new guest access feature gives you the ability to include people outside of your company in an Office 365 group. Get the details in this blog post Learn more aboutcollaborating outside the firewall with Office 365 Groups at this session at Ignite Check out the whole lineup of sessions on Office 365 Groups at Ignite here! cfiessingerShashi SingaravelKady DundasSep 08, 2016Former Employee18KViews46likes65CommentsForce delete Group Site Collection after Group Deleted?
I don't suppose there is a way to force delete a site collection after the group is deleted? I created a test group that happened to use the name that I now need to use. I deleted that group days ago. It will create the group if I try to use the name I need, but appends a number to the end of the site collection (in this first case69) Dont see a way in UI, powershell doesnt work, a bit frustrating.Brent EllisNov 18, 2016Silver Contributor58KViews2likes63CommentsYou no longer receive messages sent to Office 365 'Groups' that you are a member of
Seems like a very recent change but if you email a group that you are a member of you no longer get the message in your own inbox. If others email the group you get the message so you are subscribed properly and I can confirm same issue against other groups. You can see the mesage in your Sent Items and in the Group itself. Looks like this changed mid this week. Anyone have same issue?SolvedDarren BurkeFeb 24, 2017Copper Contributor99KViews2likes61CommentsNew Group Members not seeing Appointments
We are trying to determine why members that recently have joined a group do not see meetings that were scheduled before they joined, but are set for future dates. The one particular instance I'm chasing is a recurring meeting that was created before I joined the group. The person who created the invite has also updated the meeting details, should this not kick off some trigger to new groupies? Office 365 support has indicated that this is expected behavior. Would like to get a firm answer.Robert StylesMar 10, 2017Copper Contributor45KViews0likes57Comments
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