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Iron Contributor

Aug 25, 2017

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Is there a way to convert Office 365 group to Distribution group?

Hi, We have an Office 365 group and I granted a user "owner" permission, but she got permission error in her Outlook like below when she tried to edit the group. However she is able to edi...

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VasilMichev
Aug 26, 2017
Only Outlook 2016 properly recognizes Groups and allows you to manage their members. And you need to use the relevant Group controls, not the address book dialog. Check the documentation here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Add-and-remove-group-members-in-Outlook-3b650f4a-5c9b-4f94-a1bb-0cca4b1091de

Grace Yin

Iron Contributor

Aug 25, 2017

Hi Juan,

It doen't work. I added a user as owner but the user couldn't manage the group. See the error message in my previous post.

Plase advise!

Thanks,

VasilMichev

MVP

Aug 26, 2017

Only Outlook 2016 properly recognizes Groups and allows you to manage their members. And you need to use the relevant Group controls, not the address book dialog. Check the documentation here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Add-and-remove-group-members-in-Outlook-3b650f4a-5c9b-4f94-a1bb-0cca4b1091de

Grace Yin
Iron Contributor
Aug 26, 2017
Hi Vasil,

Yes, it works. many thanks!

I think the message confused me. It should say something like "Please manage members in Group" insdead of permission error.

Thanks,