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Introducing the Groups Admin Role
Today, we are thrilled to announce that the the Groups admin role in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is now generally available. This new Azure Active Directory role enables you to perform group management tasks for and Azure AD security groups without requiring Global administrator permissions. Users with the Groups administrator role can use the Microsoft 365 Admin center, the Azure portal and other methods to create, edit, delete, and restore groups, and manage Office 365 Groups policies (example - creation, naming, and expiration policies). Figure 1 - Managing Groups in the Microsoft 365 Admin center Figure 2 - Managing Groups in the Azure portal You can provision the Groups admin role using Azure AD PowerShell: #Below steps need to be completed only once to install the Azure AD scripts Install-Module -Name AzureAD #Connect (use privileged role) Connect-AzureAD # Get the user to be assigned the role, replacing foo@contoso.com with the email address of the user $roleMember = Get-AzureADUser -SearchString "foo@contoso.com" # Enable the role for the tenant (skip this step if you have already enabled the role for your tenant). If you have already enabled the role, you will get an error (which you can ignore) $newRole = Enable-AzureADDirectoryRole -RoleTemplateId "fdd7a751-b60b-444a-984c-02652fe8fa1c" # Get the newly added role - replace the role template Id as per need $newRole = Get-AzureADDirectoryRole -Filter "roleTemplateId eq 'fdd7a751-b60b-444a-984c-02652fe8fa1c'" # Add the user to this role - copy the object Id from the output of the above command and use below Add-AzureADDirectoryRoleMember -ObjectId $newRole.ObjectId -RefObjectId $roleMember.ObjectId Limitations There are a few limitations that we are looking to address soon: The admin role is designed mainly for Office 365 groups and cannot manage other group types like distribution groups, mail-enabled security groups or shared mailboxes. This role cannot be used to update a Group’s email address or modify external mail or mail delivery options in the Microsoft 365 admin center. You cannot use Exchange PowerShell cmdlets to manage Office 365 Groups. A Groups admin cannot manage audit logs, access reports, or guest settings. We would love to hear your feedback or suggestions. Leave a comment here or reach out to us on user voice.ArunV1Oct 11, 2024Microsoft
Microsoft Groups:Your request can’t be completed right now
Hi All, A user cannot access her Groups in the Outlook online version and on the Desktop version. When she clicks on a group, she gets the error message: Yourrequest can’t be completed right now. We also tried from the New Group website, and it is the same error. Can anyone help out?
Outlook groups - how to send emails from Groups
Hi, Is there a way to send emails from Microsoft 365 groups similar to distribution groups/security groups? I need to use a specific group to send emails rather than individual email addresses I have added the email address to my "From" section but it says I do not have permissions to send from the specific group. I own the group and can't see any option in the group to add permissions so looking for advice on what to do next? Thanks, Áineainekavanagh66Oct 04, 2024
Microsoft 365 Groups Public Roadmap
Is there a public roadmap for Microsoft 365 Groups. Mostly everything seems straight forward with Microsoft 365 Groups, but I have a large subset of employees who are resistant to change to Microsoft 365 Groups because the groups tab in Outlook Web will not search the files or calendar events in Outlook, will only search mail within the shared mailbox. If there is a public roadmap I was hoping to see if anything will be changing with the product or if its mainly stuck the way it is.
