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Private Teams visible in Global Address List (GAL) – Seeking clarification on expected behavior
Hello Microsoft 365 Team, We are an ISV that develops a Microsoft Teams-integrated solution used across multiple customer tenants, and we have encountered a privacy and security concern regarding th...
If you create a group, there should also be an option for hiding the group from the GAL.
If I am not mistaken..🤔
If you make a new group and add that option. Does it still show in the GAL?
Hi Danielle,
Yes, there is an option for hiding the group from GAL after it has been created. However, this must be done for every private group.
We were hoping that private groups would be hidden by default, as this is expected by our customers, but we understand that for some industries, this feature is wanted and needed.
So we will build into our code instead that private groups are hidden by default in GAL for teams considered strictly confidential.
