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MVP

Apr 22, 2017

MC99370: Removing SuppressWarmupMessage from UnifiedGroup PowerShell

A new message in the Office 365 Message Center advises that you will no longer be able to suppress the initial welcome message for a new Office 365 Group. Was this a useful command? Why would an admi...

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Paul Cunningham

Iron Contributor

Apr 24, 2017

Krish Gali wrote:
Warmup email is the first email that is posted in the group shared conversation space and it is a core element to the Outlook experience. It provides a quick intro to the group with links to a few actions users can take to get started.

I'm not confused. That's the message I'm referring to. It's a message created by Microsoft and contains instructions that the customer might not want for their own end users. Suppressing it allows the customer to control the communication to ensure it's relevant and appropriate for their intended use of Groups. For example, the customer might not want the advice to "Connect apps like Twitter and Trello..." being seen by their users.

If customers were getting confused over the two parameters that is because their use is not clear from the name. The warmup message says "Welcome to the GroupName Group". Of course someone is going to assume that UnifiedGroupWelcomeMessage is the parameter that controls that.

Krish Gali

Former Employee

Apr 25, 2017

It's two different things though. Suppressing a system generated email doesn't help nor prevent users from using groups in a specific way. We released usage guidelines which was a key admin ask to help convey how groups can be used within an organization. We are constantly building new improvements, and if customizing a system email is important, please enter it in our uservoice site here - https://office365.uservoice.com/forums/286611-office-365-groups

VasilMichev
MVP
Apr 25, 2017
Well, you guys thought that system generated messages were OK for Clutter too, then you had to provide options to customize those...

Anyway, I dont think removing this option makes that big of a difference, but in general it's nice to have. "Confustion" is not a good reason to remove anything, it's a good reason to examine naming/coding policies though.