Sep 01 2017 03:33 PM - edited Sep 01 2017 03:33 PM
The latest set of updates for Groups in Outlook introduces new ways to manage the group emails you receive in your inbox. These updates are, in large part, based on customer feedback about the Groups subscription model. That model has now been replaced with Follow in inbox.
Read more on these feature improvements in our Outlook blog post.
We are rolling out these improvements in a phased manner. So, if you don’t see these improvements in your version of Outlook yet, please be patient. We’ll get these features to you soon!
Thank you for all the feedback. Let us know what you think of these latest updates.
Sep 02 2017 12:28 AM
Sep 15 2017 11:04 PM
Sep 17 2017 10:29 AM
@Jennifer Seitsinger - thanks for your feedback.
Can you please explain your question in detail?
From what I understood, you're asking if a group message created from the inbox would be delivered to member's inboxes who are following the group in inbox.
Answer is yes. Irrespective on how the email was sent to the group, whether from inbox or from the group shared space, the message would always be delivered to those member's inboxes who are following that group in their inbox.
Let me know if this does not clarify your question.
Sep 18 2017 07:21 PM
My wording was a little confusing...probably becuase I'm a little confused...LOL! I am wondering if a messaged sent from within Groups (a conversation) can be recieved in an email inbox. We have some within our organization who don't want to check Groups for messages...trying to find the best way to meet the needs of everyone! Thanks for your responce!
Sep 20 2017 10:39 AM
Sep 20 2017 10:42 AM
Thank you...this info will help as we mover forward with Groups!
Dec 09 2017 03:46 AM
Is there a way using GUI in EAC Online or Powershell to set all users in a group to follow in inbox? This is a big problem as administrators create groups and add users but users don't get the emails because they haven't followed in inbox.
Jan 29 2018 08:05 AM
@Ravin Sachdeva I have a strange issue and wonder if you could help! I have an Office 365 Group where I have enabled the setting so that everyone in the group would receive emails directly to their inboxes. Now when I click the icon below. It doesn't work. It goes back to 'Off' postion
Same experience with this link (although it should be saying 'Following' considering the settings above):
You will see nothing instead of a green tick 'Following'. All other groups are working fine. I having issue with one particular group.
Thanks
Feb 06 2018 06:17 PM
Hi Sohail, this looks like a bug. Can you please open a support ticket so we can get the details necessary to investigate this further?
Thanks,
Krish
Apr 05 2018 10:35 AM
I am having this exact issue. I change the setting to 'Follow the Inbox' and it immediately goes back to 'Not Following'. I am an owner of the group.
Apr 06 2018 02:51 PM
Apr 06 2018 02:55 PM
Apr 06 2018 02:56 PM
Apr 10 2018 06:09 AM
Hi Ravin,
So, originally I was added as an owner of the group by the tenant administrator, through the Admin app. This gave me the ability to manage the O365 Group, but for some reason I couldn't save the setting to Follow the inbox. I had him remove me as a member/owner, and had one of the other Owners add me through the group interface itself. This allowed me to Follow the inbox properly.
Ultimately, I have the functionality I need, however, this seems to be a bug...?
Mark.
Apr 19 2018 12:56 AM
May 28 2018 10:01 PM
We aren't seeing this functionality as yet can you advise?
We really need it to work around team emails being forwarded to group email address and reverse. Unless there's a better solution in the meantime?
Nov 20 2018 03:09 PM
Is there a powershell command to set all users of the group to "following"? Or something in the admin portal where this can be set?
Nov 30 2018 09:29 AM
One of the downsides to these groups is the admin or owner of the group cannot configure it to force following vs giving the user the choice. In some uses cases, you don't want the users to unfollow the group to miss key emails. Without this ability you cannot truly replace distribution lists as intended. Is there a way via powershell or otherwise to turn this following feature off for a group?
Mar 11 2019 01:42 PM
The email footer in groups has now been removed. The problem my company is facing is, we need to allow members to turn off all messages and events for certain groups they are a part of. I saw this can be done in OWA. Unfortunately, we have disabled OWA. Is there any workaround in Outlook 2016 or Outlook for Windows that will allow members to un-follow a group or turn off all messages and events?