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Emiliano Poggi's avatar
Emiliano Poggi
Copper Contributor
Mar 23, 2018

Office 365 Distribution Group does not contain members when added to Skype FB online

Hi all,

 

I've created two distribution groups:

 

  • Exchange Online DL Group - a dist. group in exchange online admin console, populated with 2 members
  • O365 DL group - a dist. group in O365 admin console, populated with 2 members

 

After 24 hours (!!), I've been able to find the groups from the Skype for Business Online client and add them to the contact list. However, when exploding the group no members are listed inside.

 

Please help

 

 

  • VasilMichev's avatar
    VasilMichev
    Mar 26, 2018

    Yes, Mail Contacts are not displayed, as they are not valid object for SfB. Same goes for shared mailboxes for example. You need to be member or owner/manager of the DG for it to be displayed. Nested groups are not expanded. 

     

    There are many other restrictions, such as a 10 DGs limit, no support for dynamic groups,  100 users display limit per group, and so on.

     

    TL;DR version: you are tying to use the contact list in a way it has not been designed for. Adding a big number of DGs or large DGs is not recommended due to the various limitations and the fact that SfB does not respect message delivery settings configured in Exchange.

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