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Where to create an Office 365 group?
Right now there are LOTS of places you can create a new 365 Group from. Just to name a few I know of:
Azure AD - Directly create a group
SharePoint Team Site - Creates a group along with the s...
Myles Gallagher Per your requirements:
I am trying to build a system where a new Office 365 Group for a new project is created, a specific SharePoint site design/template is provisioned, and a Team is provisioned. Some other configurations are done using the site design script -> launch a flow feature.
The fastest way to have MS Teams, SharePoint and office365 group provision at the same will be through Teams. (GUI or Powershell). As they are not additional steps.
References:
- Powershell: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/skypehybridguy/2017/11/07/microsoft-teams-powershell-support/
- GUI: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/create-a-team-for-staff-in-microsoft-teams-314ac9d5-36a9-408e-8ae4-7ef20e9f1ddf
- FLOW: https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-flow-in-microsoft-teams/ https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-flow-in-microsoft-teams/
If you do it through SharePoint Online and then connect the site with a Team is an extra step. but would like to hear other opinions. Great question.
- Here is an idea that may be helpful http://www.sharepointnutsandbolts.com/2018/04/control-office-365-group-creation.html
- Totally agree since there is not a public Teams API yet you can use to create Teams
- does creating an Office 365 Group through Teams allow to edit the ALIAS of that group? SharePoint Home allows this, which makes the SharePoint URL and the e-mail address more readable.
When creating the group through AzureAD, the alias is pretty much a guid@domain.com.Hi Ivan
Creating an Office 365 Group through Teams doesn't allow you to edit the alias of the group today. This is because the expectation is that users who create groups in Teams tend to work in Teams instead of Outlook, so showing Outlook relevant properties like email address would make little sense.
