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EDU_ictGeek
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Jan 26, 2022

Outlook 365 desktop App and Joining Groups that you already own

This is a bit of weird one:

we have a number of groups where the owner wants to be able to control the calendar using Outlook desktop app on Win10.

 

I have set the following: -HiddenFromExchangeClientsEnabled:$False

To all of the M365 Groups, of which the colleague is an owner and have added myself as an owner to be able to add them to my Desktop app.

 

However, having restarted the app, waited a until the following morning, all i get is a request to join the group of which i am already an owner, it is the same for the colleague that requested it.

 

I have browsed to the groups on admin centre and have checked that the tickbox for "hide from address list" is clear, which it is.

 

So far i have only been able to add one group and it has exactly the same settings as the others that i cannot add.

 

Has anyone come across this and will you share what you did to fix this?

 

Many thanks.

microsoft 365
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    EDU_ictGeek
    Brass Contributor
    Jan 26, 2022

    EDU_ictGeek 

     

    In case anyone is interested, i had found on an old microsoft forum (i searched for HiddenFromExchange pshell) that:
    HiddenFromExchangeClientsEnabled:$False 

    is not enough and that 
    HiddenFromExchangeClients:$False

    was also needed.

    I'm still a little uncertain on why they are different, but one alone did not work, i had t use both.

     

     

     

    Connect-ExchangeOnline -UserPrincipalName Email address removed
Connect-MicrosoftTeams -verbose
Get-Team -MailNickName "TeamDisplayName"
Set-UnifiedGroup -Identity "TeamDisplayName" -HiddenFromExchangeClientsEnabled:$False
Set-UnifiedGroup -Identity "TeamDisplayName" -HiddenFromExchangeClients:$False

     

     

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