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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...
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
Why do you need to convert the Group into a Distribution Group? FYI, you can easily modify any Office 365 Group in your tenant to add additional members and owners
Mainly because Office365 groups allow team members to leave the group thereby making administrative control of groups in an organization completely useless.