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Randolf Broer
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Apr 09, 2018
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Disable viewing Groups in Outlook (Web and Desktop)

In the Folders pane in Outlook 2016 and Web there is a Groups header. How can I disable that? We don't want the users to use the Groups as e-mail folders but truely as team in the teams app. We notic...
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  • TonyRedmond's avatar
    TonyRedmond
    Apr 10, 2018
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    I don’t think that’s what it means. All that does is hide it from the address list by default. The groups will still show in outlook.

    Nope. The HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled flag hides a group (or another mail-enabled recipient) from Exchange Online address lists. The HidefromExchangeClients flag is completely different and prevents Exchange clients (OWA and Outlook) even realizing that groups marked with this flag exist. https://www.petri.com/hiding-office-365-groups-exchange-clients

     

    As to hiding the Groups root, I don't think this is possible even when someone belongs to zero groups.

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Randolf Broer
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Apr 10, 2018

Sounds good to me! Does this also apply to Teams created with SchoolDataSync SDS?

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