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Mark Volders
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May 08, 2017

Office 365 Groups - Active Groups versus All Groups

When searching Office Groups in OWA, a distinction is made between "Active Groups" and "All Groups". What officially defines an Active Group? I can guess what it means, but I would like to know th...
  • Blake T Walsh's avatar
    May 08, 2017
    Hi there,

    An "active group" on that page is defined merely as a group that has had some sort of conversations activity in the past 30 days. It's a binary state, meaning that in that view there is not a notion of groups that are "more active" than others.

    This heuristic helps identify groups that still have some sort of conversation happening in them, as sometimes groups stop seeing usage or people create lots of test groups to try things out and don't take the time to go back and clean them out.

    Hope this helps!

    Blake, PM @ Office 365 Groups

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