How to configure Admin Units for Office 365 Groups

Summary: Follow these step-by-step instructions to configure Admin Units for Office 365 groups.

Applies to: Cayosoft Administrator 6.1.0 or later

ID: KB20190506-1

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Overview

Summary of the steps to configure Admin Units for Office 365 groups:

1. To keep track of Office Group assignments to a specific Admin Unit, one of the Exchange Online extension attributes will be used. To populate the extension attribute for Office Group, add it to the Custom Attributes page of the New Office 365 group and Office 365 group properties web actions.

2. To show only groups located in a specific Admin Unit, a web query condition has to be updated. Copy and configure Groups-Office web query in the default Microsoft Office 365 container.

3. Move copied Groups-Office web query to a new Admin Unit.

4. To enforce group extension attribute to be properly populated when created in the specific Admin Unit, an attribute policy has to be configured. Apply attribute policy to a custom Admin Unit that enforces creating a New Office 365 group with the custom attribute value equals to the Admin Unit name.

5. Assign delegation roles for a new Admin Unit.

 

Configuring New Office 365 group web action

1. Navigate to Home > Configuration > Web Portal > Web Actions.
2. Click Microsoft Office 365 > New Office 365 Group.
3. Browse for the Other attributes section.
4. For Other Attribute 1 specify the required attribute. For example, select Custom Attribute1.

 

Configuring Office 365 Group Properties web action

1. Navigate to Home > Configuration > Web Portal > Web Actions.
2. Click Microsoft Office 365 > Properties.
3. Browse for the Other attributes section.
4. For Other Attribute 1 specify the required attribute. For example, select Custom Attribute1.

 

Creating a new Admin Unit

1. Navigate to Home > Configuration > Web Portal > Virtual Admin Units.
2. Click Microsoft 365 > Groups-Office.
3. Click Copy Rule.
4. For copied custom Groups-Office web query:
   1. Define filter for Query Criteria: {CustomAttribute1 -eq "$AdminUnitName"}
   2. Click Save changes.
   3. Click Move Rule.
   4. Click Create new folder (label).
   5. Specify a name for a new custom Admin Unit.
   6. Click OK.

 

Configuring Attribute policy

1. Specify policy scope:
   1. Check created Custom Admin Unit.
   2. Check Groups-Office web query.
   3. Check web actions: Properties and New Office 365 group.
2. Specify attribute policy settings for Other attribute 1:
   1. Is Read-only.
   2. Override label: User department.
   3. Generation value: select the CayoAdminUnitName token.
3. Click Save changes.

 

Configuring delegation rule

1. Navigate to HOME > CONFIGURATION > Roles > Web Administrators.
2. Click Add Delegation Rule.
3. Specify delegation rule name.
4. Specify trustees.
5. Specify trustee permissions: select created custom Admin Unit, custom Groups-Office web query, and the required actions.