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Edwin335
Aug 05, 2022Copper Contributor
Exchangeonline
Hi everyone I have a tenant M365 that I synchronize with an onprem AD. I manage my distribution groups from the onprem, Now I would like to manage a distribution list with external contacts. or...
- Aug 05, 2022Not sure I understand the question here. You can create mail contacts, either directly in Exchange Online or in AD, and then add them to a DG. If you are managing all DGs from AD, best create the contacts there too. The "All Contacts" list is separate, if you don't want the contacts to appear therein you can toggle the "hide from GAL" flag (msExchHideFromAddressLists).
VasilMichev
MVP
Not sure I understand the question here. You can create mail contacts, either directly in Exchange Online or in AD, and then add them to a DG. If you are managing all DGs from AD, best create the contacts there too. The "All Contacts" list is separate, if you don't want the contacts to appear therein you can toggle the "hide from GAL" flag (msExchHideFromAddressLists).
Edwin335
Aug 06, 2022Copper Contributor
Yes you got it, Ok I managed to manage the contacts external to my organization via AD.
Thanks
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