Manage automatic creation of direct reports group

Please let me know what you think: "Beginning in March 2017, managers who have 2-20 direct reports, do not already have a direct reports group, and have permissions to create groups in O...

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cfiessinger
Mar 21, 2017
THANK YOU all for your feedback, please see an update in this new thread: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Groups/Update-Auto-creation-of-Direct-Reports-group-in-Outlook-MC96611/m-p/55318#M2740

Greg Lamb

Copper Contributor

Mar 30, 2017

Thanks. Is there a way to easily create such a group manually or does it have to be a normal group creation process?

BenSchorr

Former Employee

Mar 31, 2017

It would be a normal group creation process, though if you happen to have an existing distribution list that has the correct membership you might be able to migrate it. See this article: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Migrate-distribution-lists-to-Office-365-Groups-Admin-help-787d7a75-e201-46f3-a242-f698162ff09f

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Manage automatic creation of direct reports group