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KariVaaranen
Aug 17, 2016Copper Contributor
Dynamic Office 365 groups
Any chance for dynamic Office 365 groups? Let's say, a new employee is hired for an organization. This person should be added automatically to this organization's Office 365 group to enable her/...
- Aug 17, 2016
It is available with Azure AD premium subscription.
SanthoshB1
Aug 17, 2016Bronze Contributor
It is available with Azure AD premium subscription.
- Alexander PlatanisiotisJan 11, 2018Copper ContributorHas anyone tried this specifically for Office 365 groups? I only have the option under newly created security groups, and only when they are created. Does the dynamic rule run on a schedule, or triggered somehow for a new user? Because from what I can see it's only done upon group creation.
- cfiessingerJan 11, 2018
Microsoft
Alexander it works fine but make sure you read this article if you want to convert an Office 365 group from static to dynamic membership (you'll need to run a PowerShell cmdlets. Membership refreshes on a regular basis. try it out!
- Alexander PlatanisiotisJan 15, 2018Copper ContributorI've tested this in a UAT Tenant and it's worked successfully. Cheers!
- Mike PlatvoetAug 17, 2016Steel Contributor
SanthoshB1 is correct, you need AAD Premium to get this working out of the box.
However, if you are a bit into Powershell scripting then you should be able to write a script that can read a users security group profile (retrieved from AD using AD Connect) and add members to unified groups using the Add-UnifiedGroupLinks cmdlet to add members to a unifiedgroup based on a security profile.
- cfiessingerAug 19, 2016
Microsoft
Official AAD documentation https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/active-directory-accessmanagement-manage-groups/#how-can-i-create-a-simple-rule-to-manage-members-of-a-group-dynamically
- Carol DeMuthOct 13, 2016Iron Contributor
Thanks for the link to the documentation. If we don't have the premium Azure AD, and we convert Dynamic distribution lists that were set up in Exchange to "Groups" would the membership in that group then have to be maintained by the Group owner?
I am creating some documentation for our users and I noticed that using the People directory shows Dynamic Distribution lists, but doesn't show the membership. I was thinking of converting to Groups, but will have to work out the maintenance of membership.