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Announcing support for new Groups properties via Microsoft Graph
We are excited to announce that Microsoft 365 Groups now supports more flexible methods of hiding and showing groups in any Outlook client or the address book. Two new properties have been introduced to the Group Resource Type in Microsoft Graph: hideFromOutlookClients and hideFromAddressLists. Previously, these properties could only be changed via PowerShell. We now provide access to these properties via Microsoft Graph, which will help support additional customization through Power Automate and 3 rd party applications. Setting hideFromOutlookClients to True (which also sets hideFromAddressLists to True) prevents the group from showing in the Outlook left-hand navigation, prevents the group name from resolving during message creation, and prevents the group from showing in the Global Address List (GAL). If hideFromOutlookClients is set to False, hideFromAddressLists will also be set to False. Setting hideFromAddressLists by itself controls whether the group is hidden or shown in the GAL, but it won’t affect the Outlook left-hand navigation or name resolution during message creation. Changing hideFromAddressLists by itself does not change the value of hideFromOutlookClients. The default value for both properties is False, and they are only retrieved when using $select. The following example shows how to use the GET method to retrieve values for hideFromOutlookClients and hideFromAddressLists using Graph Explorer. Sample query: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/ed8083cb-8540-46f9-b817-46866469695d?$select=displayName,description,hideFromOutlookClients,hideFromAddressLists These values can be updated using methods like PATCH, as shown in the following example: In the response, hideFromOutlookClients is now set to false. Both properties are updated: Updating just hideFromAddressLists will not have any effect on hideFromOutlookClients. You can find detailed API documentation here. As always, we welcome your feedback! Mike McLean Principal Program Manager Microsoft 365 GroupsOffice 365 Groups (aka Microsoft 365 Groups) Recap from Microsoft Ignite 2019
As we come to the close of the month of May, which would have normally rounded out Microsoft Ignite the Tour, I just wanted to share the link to our Office 365 Groups (aka Microsoft 365 Groups) recap from Ignite 2019 in Orlando. This post has several useful links which cover the new innovations and feature improvements announced this year. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/office-365-blog/office-365-groups-ignite-recap/ba-p/1036796 Looking forward to another year of innovation with Microsoft 365 Groups! Mike McLean Principal Program Manager Microsoft 365 GroupsProperties Mastered in Exchange Online Can Now Be Modified Without an Exchange Online License
We’re excited to announce that group properties mastered in Exchange Online can now be modified without assigning an Exchange Online license. Many customers have reported a desire to allow administrators who manage Microsoft 365 Groups (previously Office 365 Groups) the ability to modify properties mastered in the Exchange Online service without being assigned an Exchange Online license. Previously, any attempt to modify a property mastered in Exchange Online would require an Exchange Online license be assigned to the user attempting to make the change. The product team has recently finished deploying a change which will allow administrators without an Exchange Online license the ability to update Exchange-mastered properties through the Microsoft 365 Admin Center as well as API calls using Microsoft Graph. The following screenshots illustrate how this scenario is supported. A full list of properties mastered in Exchange Online can be found at the bottom of this post. Let us start with a user in Azure Active Directory named Isaiah Langer: Isaiah is assigned the role of “Global administrator”: Isaiah does not have any licenses assigned: Navigating to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, Isaiah finds the Marketing group: Isaiah is not an owner or a member of the Marketing group: Isaiah navigates to the “Settings” tab and discovers two properties which are both mastered in Exchange Online: Isaiah can enable “Allow external senders to email this group” and “Send copies of group conversations and events to group members”: After clicking “Save”, the properties are successfully updated: The full list of properties mastered in Exchange Online which can be modified without being assigned an Exchange Online license are the following: AcceptMessagesOnlyFrom AcceptMessagesOnlyFromDLMembers AcceptMessagesOnlyFromSendersOrMembers AllowExternalSenders AlwaysSubscribeMembersToCalendarEvents AutoSubscribeNewMembers CalendarMemberReadOnly ConnectorsEnabled DataEncryptionPolicy EmailAddresses EmailAddressPolicyEnabled GrantSendOnBehalfTo HiddenFromAddressListsEnabled HiddenFromExchangeClientsEnabled IsSubscribedByMail MailTip MailTipTranslations ModeratedBy PrimarySmtpAddress RejectMessagesFrom RejectMessagesFromDLMembers RejectMessagesFromSendersOrMembers ReportToManagerEnabled ReportToOriginatorEnabled RequireSenderAuthenticationEnabled SubscriptionEnabled UnifiedGroupWelcomeMessageEnabled UnseenCount Mike McLean Principal Program Manager Microsoft 365 GroupsRe: Groups - to hide or not to hide.... that is the question!
Annette1101Vasil is correct. When creating the Team from Microsoft Teams, it should not be showing in Outlook by default. Are you by chance in a Gov tenant or any other special environment? And just to confirm, this was a new Team from scratch, not a group from somewhere else that was "activated" for Teams, right?1.4KViews0likes1CommentOffice 365 Groups will become Microsoft 365 Groups (crosspost)
Hi all, Cross-posting information from the Microsoft 365 Blog where Scott Schnoll announced recently that Office 365 Groups will become Microsoft 365 Groups. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-blog/office-365-groups-will-become-microsoft-365-groups/ba-p/1303601 Looking forward to the future of Microsoft 365 Groups! MikeRe: Office 365 groups not visible in Outlook client
Hi BAT MAN, If these were groups created via Microsoft Teams, they are hidden from Outlook by default. If you want them to show in both the Outlook left nav and the address book, you can use Set-UnifiedGroup to flip -HiddenFromExchangeClientsEnabled to $false. This link has more info on the PowerShell cmdlets: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/users-and-groups/set-unifiedgroup?view=exchange-ps Thanks, Mike325KViews6likes1CommentRe: Office 365 Groups at Microsoft Ignite 2018
Hi Vikram, Using Azure AD security groups is one of the options we're evaluating. We know customers have created a variety of groups over the years which include security groups, distribution lists, and even other Office 365 Groups. Would you find using security groups particularly valuable and would you like to share any additional details? Thanks! Mike8KViews2likes2CommentsMicrosoft Forms launches deeper integration to Office 365 Groups
Microsoft Forms has officially launcheda deeper integration to Office 365 Groups! Read more at the Microsoft Forms blog post here. Microsoft Forms is used across Education and Commercial to create and complete surveys, quizzes, and polls. Previously, forms could be created directly in the SharePoint site associated with a group. With this deeper integration, users can now see their entire list of O365 Groups directly insidehttp://forms.office.com. Form management and results can be shared across group members, addressing customer feedback requesting shared ownership. Feel free to check out this new integration and give feedback using this Microsoft Forms survey link! Mike McLean Principal Program Manager Office 365 GroupsRe: Updates to terminology used for Office 365 Groups, Distribution Lists, and Security Groups
Dean_Grosswrote: While you are at it, could you please make sure that the Audit Log events are made consistent. Azure AD log shows more details Actor information than in the Security & Compliance center logs which requires us to go to AAD to get the specifics. Thanks for this feedback. I'll pass it along to the team that owns the audit log events in SEC.5.4KViews0likes0CommentsUpdates to terminology used for Office 365 Groups, Distribution Lists, and Security Groups
Hi all, We’re updating terminology used across Office Admin Center, Exchange Admin Center, and Azure Admin Portal to provide a more consistent experience when interacting with groups and distribution lists. In the Office Admin Center and the Exchange Admin Center, the ‘Group Type’ column will now include values of ‘Office 365’, ‘Mail-enabled security’, ‘Distribution list’, and ‘Security’. The concept of ‘Distribution Group’ will now be referred to as ‘Distribution List’ throughout experiences such as group creation, edit, and upgrade. The changes to these portals align with the updated experience in Azure Admin Portal where 'Group Type'includes the values of 'Security' and 'Office 365'. These changes will be rolling out over the next quarter. Please feel free to reference Office Release Roadmap item 30574. Mike McLean Office 365 Groups Principal Program Manager6.7KViews6likes7CommentsRe: Office 365 Groups will now have unique mailNickname
This is a great observation. For this first step, we're mainly focusing on enforcing uniqueness across cloud-managed Office 365 Groups. One approach we've seen customers use is to build a universal Alias Reservation List that guarantees uniqueness across all their services that create mail-enabled properties, including on-premises.26KViews0likes1CommentOffice 365 Groups can now have up to 100 owners
Hi all, Another enhancement to Office 365 Groups is rolling out.....groups can now have up to 100 owners! Previously, an Office 365 Group could have no more than 10 owners. This limit has been increased to 100. A limit of 100 owners is now supported in Azure Active Directory, Office Admin Portal, and Exchange Admin Center, with support in OWA rolling out soon. Additionally, Distribution Lists that were previously ineligible for upgrade to Office 365 Groups due to the owner limit are now eligible. We're excited to deploy this change which will help support several of our large customers as well as newly integrated services with more distributed ownership models. Mike McLean Office 365 Groups Senior Program Manager6.4KViews6likes4CommentsMicrosoft Stream reaches General Availability with Office 365 Groups integration
Today Microsoft Stream launched to general availability. Microsoft Stream isthe intelligent enterprise video service that makes it easy for people inside any organization to securely upload, share, manage and view videos. We are very excited to announce that part of the Microsoft Stream feature set includes support for Office 365 Groups. Every group has a designated channel, making it even easier to manage content across teams.Feel free to check out the links below to learn more about the capabilities of Stream, including speech-to-text conversion, control over playback speed, navigation, and many others! https://blogs.office.com/2017/06/20/microsoft-stream-now-available-worldwide-new-intelligent-features-take-enterprise-video-to-new-heights/ 5 minute demo video Mike McLean Office 365 Groups Senior Program Manager696Views3likes0CommentsOffice 365 Groups will now have unique mailNickname
Hi all, We've completed an enhancement with the Azure Active Directory team which will now enforce mailNickname to be unique across all Office 365 Groups within a tenant. This will help ensure resiliency across the tenantand facilitate smooth sync scenarios to on-premises. When Office 365 Groups are created, the name provided is used for mailNickname as well as the first portion of SMTP Address. Previously, Office 365 Group creation didnot enforce the mailNickname to be unique across Office 365 Groups. If multiple Office 365 Groups contain the same mailNickname, customers can encounter collisions when these groups are sync’d to on-premises via AAD Connect. In Azure Active Directory, an enforcement has been placed on the mailNickname property so that it will be unique across Office 365 Groups. Previously created Office 365 Groups that have duplicate mailNicknames will not be affected. If a user attempts to modify the mailNickname property through PowerShell or other means, the service will verify whether the new mailNickname being specified is unique. If not, the modification will be rejected. Additionally, a user can create an Office 365 Group that has the same mailNickname as an Office 365 Group that has been soft deleted. If a user attempts to restore the soft deleted group, they will be prompted to change the mailNickname. Mike McLean Office 365 Groups Senior Program Manager27KViews9likes17CommentsRe: Usage Guidelines on all O365 Groups based Apps
We've rolled out the ability to specify a Usage Guidelines URL in a single location. Now it's mainly up to each workload (Yammer, Planner, Teams, etc) to implement the ability to retrieve the URL and display it in their create group experience. This work is scheduled and will done in the near future but no ETA yet.2.3KViews2likes1Comment
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