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TonyRedmond
Aug 22, 2022MVP
Start Teams Group Chats with Distribution Lists, Groups, and Tags
A new feature allows Teams users to start new group chats by adding participants from the membership of distribution lists, Microsoft 365 groups, or mail-enabled security groups. It’s a neat way ...
KeithW_AU
Sep 29, 2022Copper Contributor
Is there a way to reduce this number down or block this change? Our large organisation would not like to allow adding 249 users to a group chat.
- TonyRedmondSep 30, 2022MVPNo. The limit is tied to the limit for group chats (250), so that's what it is. Your organization gets to have large group chats (if they want), with or without this feature.
- elizabethw1Oct 26, 2022Copper Contributor
Hi
If you link a distribution group to a chat, will it continually update as members are added and removed? We want an all staff chat (about 85 people) but don't want to have manually remember to add and remove individuals all the time. Thank you TonyRedmond
- TonyRedmondOct 26, 2022MVPThe membership is read once, and the chat participants aren't updated thereafter if the DL is updated.