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Iron Contributor

Apr 05, 2019

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Add O365 Group Owner to Site Collection Administration List

I am struggling a little to find an answer for re-adding O365 group owner to site collection administration list. Typically, when a new team site is created, O365 group owner is automatically added ...

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Dean_Gross
Apr 05, 2019
ChrisFicekin the new SPO admin center, select the site, then look at the info panel, if the group is disconnected from the owner role, a message box will show up with a link to reconnect it.

Dean_Gross

Silver Contributor

Apr 05, 2019

ChrisFicekin the new SPO admin center, select the site, then look at the info panel, if the group is disconnected from the owner role, a message box will show up with a link to reconnect it.

Martin-Coupal
Iron Contributor
Apr 05, 2019
Easier! Should have look at admin centers first. New features are coming every hour :)
- Dean_Gross
  Silver Contributor
  Apr 05, 2019
  Martin-Coupalvery true, and many are unannounced. I noticed that a while ago when I was trying to fix a problem caused by someone on my customers team that did not understand what they were doing with a script (:
  - ChrisFicek
    Iron Contributor
    Apr 05, 2019
    Dean_GrossThank you!
    
    Here is the feature Dean was referring to in reconnecting O365 group owners as site collection admins.
    
    @Martin Coupal I tried the method you mentioned and I was still experiencing issues where members still had site collection administration access. The steps Dean mention and clicking on the message "add the group owners as admins" takes care of the issue. I appreciate you offering your help as well! Anything helps.