Forum Discussion
Disable Conversations in Groups for group members
Yes and no. Staff doesn't want students to use the Conversation feature of the Group at all. Now, I know i can restrict the ability to send to the group via their mailbox in Outlook using Delivery Management in Exchange, but I have been unable to find anything that prevents users from just going into Group, going to conversations, clicking "New", and sending a message to the group. I'm guessing that is because message done this way aren't really being sent by the user through their mailbox, but by the group on behalf of the user (at least that's how it makes sense in my head). Failing that I would settle for moderation on the group, but I don't think Office 365 Groups supports moderation like DLs do.
We would like to turn "conversations" off too, since it doesn't work with our on-premise exchange. Users are clicking the link from groups and getting an error message.
- Ben O'Flaherty SeddonApr 30, 2018Copper Contributor
Hi,
Is there an update on this? I have to disable the conversation thread in one specific Group, as we have moved the functionality to Sales Force.
Ben
- TonyRedmondApr 30, 2018MVP
You can hide Groups from Exchange clients. This was originally designed for groups created by Teams, but it might do the trick for you. https://www.petri.com/hiding-office-365-groups-exchange-clients