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Apr 11, 2017

Upgrade Distribution list to O 365 group criteria not enforced from Exchange admin

I tried to upgrade a Distribution Group through Exchange admin where message approval is enabled. The Distribution group got upgraded without any issues whereas the documentation says the moderate...

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Apr 11, 2017

Vipul you are correct these can be upgraded, we will be updating our documentation shortly.

Vipul Kelkar
Brass Contributor
Apr 12, 2017
Thanks cfiessinger

The Distribution list with the send on behalf setting is also getting upgraded to Office 365 group as opposed to what is mentioned in the documentation. I hope that is being updated too ?

So are these scenarios going to be eligible for DL upgrade as default functionality or

- Is this because I am trying this through exchange admin. ?
- This is going to be fixed in the future updates ?
- I need Azure AD premium to not see this behaviour ?
- cfiessinger
  Microsoft
  Apr 12, 2017
  Groups in Outlook support Send As and Send of Behalf as announced in this blog post: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exchange/2017/01/24/send-as-and-send-on-behalf-of-for-groups-in-outlook/
  
  it does not require AAD premium
  - Vipul Kelkar
    Brass Contributor
    Apr 13, 2017
    That link does not work but yes I know that functionality is available.
    
    I just wanted to mention that even the DLs with "Send as behalf" settings are also getting upgraded to Office 365 Groups where as the documentation says they are Not Eligible.
    
    Hope that gets updated too. Cheers !

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