Updates to terminology used for Office 365 Groups, Distribution Lists, and Security Groups

Hi all, We’re updating terminology used across Office Admin Center, Exchange Admin Center, and Azure Admin Portal to provide a more consistent experience when interacting with groups and distri...

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Steve Goodman

MVP

May 23, 2018

This isn't a bad thing - can you please make the change to on-premises Exchange as well (at least for products in support, such as Exchange 2016) so that it is consistent.

What's the plan for cmdlets, and updating associated documentation such as this to reflect the new term? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/users-and-groups/new-distributiongroup?view=exchange-ps

Are there any plans to update the Outlook "Contact Group" to also be a "Contact List"?

Paul Cunningham
Iron Contributor
May 24, 2018
The mother of all Find/Replace operations coming up.

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Updates to terminology used for Office 365 Groups, Distribution Lists, and Security Groups

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