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Missing "Create a team" - only "Add to existing Group"
Hello, Recently I have used the Microsoft article https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/create-groups/manage-creation-of-groups?view=o365-worldwide to limit the teams creation by unau...
- It's always worked where global admins cannot create via apps without being in the group. You can still create them via any admin centers etc. but SharePoint / Teams does not look at global admin in order to show the create Team / Site to them unless they are in the group.
LucianC ChrisWebbTech my understanding, and as per that document, is that Global Admins are unaffected by the change - they are still able to create 365 groups by any means, without needing to be added to the referenced security group.
I have implemented this approach for a number of customers, and the documented behaviour has been the observed behaviour, certainly as recently as a week or so ago.
It's always worked where global admins cannot create via apps without being in the group. You can still create them via any admin centers etc. but SharePoint / Teams does not look at global admin in order to show the create Team / Site to them unless they are in the group.
Hi ChrisWebbTech ,
And thank you for confirmation. But I have one more question: as long as the Global Admin that has created the group and is also the owner of that group must be added as member too?
Kind Regards,
Lucian
- Yes, distribution / security groups owners are not members of the group therefore have to be a member to be in the roster of that group.
ChrisWebbTech that is exactly right, and something that until you mentioned it, I had failed to notice - thanks Chris!
