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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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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.
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.
Technically, it does nothing currently. But it will hide it from Exchange clients, eventually :)
Patience is a virtue. All the moving parts must be updated before the full glory of this change is revealed.