Office 365 Email Groups
A microsoft 365 group is different from a contact group formerly called a distribution list.
Office 365 email groups. At the basic level a microsoft 365 group is an object in azure active directory with a list of members and a loose coupling to related workloads including a sharepoint team site yammer group shared exchange mailbox resources planner power bi and onenote. A contact group is a set of email addresses that you can use to send an email message or meeting invitation to everyone at once. The group s owners will get an email 30 15 and 1 day before the group expiration that allows them to easily renew the group if it s still needed.
Microsoft 365 group expiration policy. Allow members to send as or send on behalf of a microsoft 365 group. Microsoft 365 groups is the cross application membership service in office 365.
3 select a specific group from the provided dropdown menu. Guest access in microsoft 365 groups. The dropdown should contain all groups the account associated with the authenticated connection is a member of.
Microsoft 365 group expiration policy. Finally you can always add people or remove people from the contact group later. Migrate distribution lists to microsoft 365 groups.
To create a contact group see create a contact group. The group s owners will get an email 30 15 and 1 day before the group expiration that allows them to easily renew the group if it s still needed. The card icon is for individual contacts and the people icon is for contact groups.
1 search for the new office 365 groups mail connector. You can administer your groups from the microsoft 365 admin center or by using powershell.