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Convert existing O365 groups from one domain to another without issues / problems
Just want to double check - the Office 365 groups are synced back to Local AD using the writeback feature and your organisation is in Hybrid. See article
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/hybrid-deployment/set-up-office-365-groups
Just want to be 100% sure before making the recommendation!
Best, Chris
Edited:
Hi Chris,
I have checked the AAD Connect configuration and all the " write back " features are disabled.
The AAD Connect client does have the attribute " groups " selected when running a sync my understanding is that because of this - the groups are synced to O365.
To my understand I would need to modify the attributes of the groups on local AD but I'm not sure if I can change the domain in the group properties and if that would have bad side effect on Teams.
The domain we want to change it to is verified in O365.
Looking forward to your reply.
- Hi nostalgic
It is difficult to say without looking at this in your tenant and as Adam says there are several different types of groups - could be distribution lists syncing to your Office 365 tenant not actual Office 365 groups
A good way to check is this - can you go into the Microsoft 365 Admin Centre (https://admin.microsoft.com) and go to Admin > Groups > Groups. Are the groups which are Office 365 groups also groups on your local AD and in an OU which is syncing via Azure AD Connect? If they are not present in any of the OU's which are syncing then this means that they were created in the 365 Tenant.
Let us know how you get on.
Best, Chris - Are you sure we are talking about Office 365 groups here?
Hi Adam & Chris
Thank you for pointing this out - I was confused in my first post with regards to exactly what was syncing from where.
Yep I am talking about Office 365 groups - I found a power shell command that lets me do what I need to which is https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Groups/Is-there-a-way-to-change-O365-group-email-address-using/td-p/49872
I tested changing the domain from using the PS command in the above link and it works fine and does not seem to have a negative effect on user experience at all. ( If the user is logged into the teams group and you change the domain name of the group )
I'm happy to create another post for this but I was wondering if there is a way to manage teams permissions so that only one persons has the permissions? not everyone.. had a look at this yesterday and it looks like to my understanding you need a Azure premium sub.
