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First Release: Convert old email DLs to new Office 365 Groups
Microsoft is convinced that Office 365 tenants should move from old-fashioned email distribution lists to embrace the new world of collaboration enabled by Office 365 Groups. A new conversation metho...
Maybe my tired eyes missed it, but how do I turn this capability off globaly for my tenant? I do not want my users converting DLs into Groups.
- We have group creation locked down to 2 users, so even if a user wanted to they wouldnt be able to upgrade
You can't turn it off. If users are on first release, they will see it. I shall pass this very useful comment on to the Groups team...
More info, we are still on Outlook 2010, so if a DL owner upgraded to a group in OWA it wouldn't be seen in Outlook 2010 Client. I can only predict the fallout of the disconnect there.
We do plan to update to 2016 in the future and then we would be open to having DL owners converting to Groups.
That's a great reason to have control over this feature. I have sent the note on to the responsible parties...
