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Aug 29, 2017

Querying for who is "Following" an Office 365 group?

We have two needs: We need to list which members are either "Following" or "Not Following" a specified Office 365 group. We need a method to set all new Office 365 group members as "Following" an ...
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Ravin Sachdeva
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Aug 30, 2017

Hi Daniel Smith - the notion of "Following" on SharePoint (your screenshot) is different from the notion of "Following group in Inbox" for Outlook.

 

Adding Tejas Mehta and Dave Cohen (US) to clarify your query for SharePoint.

 

At the moment, in modern SharePoint, when you follow a SP site, it is added to quick access in your SP nav bar (just like Favoriting). While, in Outlook, if you follow a group in inbox, you will start to receive copies of all conversations and events from that group in your inbox. I doubt if following a group in inbox in Outlook has any effect on how that group is viewed in SharePoint/OneDrive.

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Daniel Smith
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Aug 31, 2017

Correct, we're focusing on following a "site" so that it will be visible for file copies via OneDrive.

Is there a way to administratively force someone to follow a site (either by default or by ongoing policy)? This would really ease the support of our users.

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    Melissa McConnell
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    Apr 17, 2018

    Hi, did you ever find a solution to this question? Our organization is facing the same issue. 

     

    Thanks, 


    Melissa