Loading...

No Reason to “Upgrade” Distribution Lists to Microsoft 365 Groups

No Reason to “Upgrade” Distribution Lists to Microsoft 365 Groups
The Exchange admin center feature to allow administrators to initiate an upgrade distribution list process to request group owners to migrate distribution groups to Microsoft 365 groups is terrible. In my experience, the request goes into a black hole and never emerges, or the process fails immediately. But you shouldn’t be upgrading distribution lists to Microsoft 365 groups anyway because groups are often overkill when all that's needed is a way to distribute email to multiple recipients.

Published on:

Learn more
Office 365 for IT Pros
Office 365 for IT Pros

Office 365 for IT Pros is the world's best book about Office 365 architecture, management, and deployment. Written by a team of highly experienced Microsoft MVPs, Office 365 for IT Pros is refreshed monthly.

Share post:

Related posts

Microsoft 365 for IT Pros August 2026 Update

The August 2026 monthly update for the Microsoft 365 for IT Pros eBook is now available for subscribers to download. All four books are update...

15 hours ago

Introduction of Macro Region Geography-Based Environment Provisioning

Macro region geography enablement affects environment provisioning and enables customers to select a macro region geography during environment...

23 hours ago

Microsoft 365: Assign Different Content to Learning Groups in a Single Assignment

Enable educators to assign different content (attachments, resources, instructions) to different Individual Groups within a single Assignment....

23 hours ago

Microsoft 365: Control access to Learning Activities and Teach

IT administrators can manage access to Learning Activities and Teach from the Microsoft 365 admin center. Configure Learning Activities separa...

23 hours ago

Microsoft 365 Copilot: Planner capabilities in Copilot chat

We are introducing Planner capabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. Users will be able to create, update, QnA Planner tasks and plans using...

1 day ago

Microsoft Teams: Specify who has control of production tools in meetings and webinars

Microsoft Teams is introducing a new meeting option for meetings with presenters and webinars that allows organizers to specify who has contro...

1 day ago

Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for Current Channel

We’ve released updates to the following update channel for Microsoft 365 Apps: Current Channel When this will happen: We’ll be gra...

1 day ago

The Gap No One Talks About: Why Dynamics 365 Teams Need a Control Layer

Why Dynamics 365 teams need a control layer — and most don't have one. There's a conversation that happens in almost every Dynamics 365 enviro...

1 day ago

Microsoft Teams: Expanded presenter visibility in Manage what attendees see

Microsoft Teams is expanding presenter visibility in Manage what attendees see for Teams events. Event organizers and producers can now drag a...

1 day ago

Microsoft Teams: External presenters can manage event production controls

Organizations can now allow trusted external presenters to manage Microsoft Teams event production controls. Federated (B2B) users and guest u...

1 day ago
Stay up to date with latest Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform news!
* Yes, I agree to the privacy policy