Work with Office 365 groups

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New Office 365 Group

1. Click the Microsoft Office 365 Administrative Unit 

2. Click Groups-Office
   This group type represents Office 365/Azure AD Unified Group

3. On the Actions menu, click New Office 365 Group

4. Enter Group Name

5. Verify or change the names generated for Alias and Group Email Address

6. Verify and change Language and Privacy

7. Click Next

8. Specify Group Settings

9. Click Next

10. Specify group Owners

11. Click Create

 

New Security Group

1. Click the Microsoft Office 365 Administrative Unit

2. Click Groups-Security
   This group type represents Office 365/Azure AD Security Group

3. On the Actions menu, click New Security Group

4. Enter Group Name

5. Click Next

6. Specify group Owners

7. Click Create

 

New Distribution List

1. Click the Microsoft Office 365 Administrative Unit

2. Click Groups-Distribution
   This group type represents Exchange Online Email Distribution Group

3. On the Actions menu, click New Distribution List

4. Enter Group Name 

5. Verify or change the names generated for Alias and Primary SMTP Prefix

6. Chose the Group Type if needed

7. Specify Manager if needed

8. Click Create

 

Delete a group 

1. Click the Microsoft Office 365 Administrative Unit then the type of group to delete

2. Enter the name of the group in the search field and click Search Objects

3. Click the checkmark to the left of the group name

4. On the Actions menu, click Delete

5. Enter a comment that will be recorded in the operational history log

6. Click Delete

 

View group properties

1. Click the Microsoft Office 365 Administrative Unit then the type of group to delete

2. Enter the name of the group in the search field and click Search Objects

3. Click the checkmark to the left of the group name

4. On the Actions menu, click Properties

 

View Mail Properties of a Distribution List or an Office 365 Group

1. Click the Microsoft Office 365 Administrative Unit 

2. Click Groups-Distribution or Groups-Office

3. Enter the name of the group in the search field and click Search Objects

4. Click the checkmark to the left of the group name

5. On the Actions menu, click Mail Properties

 

Membership

1. Click the Microsoft Office 365 Administrative Unit then click the type of group you want to manage 

2. Enter the name of the group in the search field and click Search Objects

3. Click the checkmark to the left of the group name

4. On the Actions menu, click Membership

5. To Add a User(s) to the Group

   Click +Add

   Enter the name of the user in the search field and click Search Objects

   Select the User(s) by clicking the check to the left of the name

   Click OK

6. Enter the name of the user(s) in the Search field and click Search Objects

7. Click the checkmark to the left of the user’s name then click OK

8. To Remove a User(s) from the Group

   Click the checkmark to the left of the user’s name then click the Remove button

9. Click Update to save changes to the group