Sep 29 2016 11:22 AM
Is it possible to change the default group privacy setting to private from public?
Sep 29 2016 01:14 PM
Sep 29 2016 01:16 PM
Yes, when a user goes to create a group, I would like to have the default privacy setting set to Private instead of Public.
Sep 29 2016 02:06 PM
Oct 01 2016 09:07 AM
it's not possible. the goal is to foster collaboration hence public by default
Oct 02 2016 01:56 PM
Jan 27 2017 03:38 AM
You can vote for this on Uservoice here:
Jan 30 2017 09:35 AM
Mar 22 2017 05:29 AM
Does anyone know of a PowerShell script whereby you can convert all Public groups to Private ?
The idea is I can perform a "sweep up" in case any users created Public groups (for data privacy reasons we want all groups to be Private)
Thanks in advance
Mar 22 2017 06:56 AM
Not a script, but here is the PowerShell you need to create it: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/mt238274(v=exchg.160).aspx
Mar 22 2017 07:40 AM
Mar 22 2017 08:30 AM
A more advance version based on classification:
#...................................
# Variables:
# Cut off date in days
# Classification
#...................................
$cutoffdate = ((Get-Date).AddDays(-10))
$classification = "High"
# Retrieve recently created groups with accesstype set to PUBLIC
$Groups = Get-UnifiedGroup | Where-Object {
$_.WhenCreated -ge $cutoffdate -and $_.AccessType -eq 'Public' -and $_.Classification -eq $classification } `
| Sort-Object whencreated | Select DisplayName, WhenCreated, AccessType, Classification, ManagedBy
# For each new group update set accesstype to PRIVATE
ForEach ($G in $Groups) {
Set-UnifiedGroup -Identity $G.DisplayName -AccessType 'Private'
Write-Host "The following Group privacy setting was updated:" $G.DisplayName
}