I can't add distribution list owner or members

Question

Hi Microsoft,

I am having trouble adding an owner to one of our distribution list email addresses.

No issue adding to the distributions list, except this one and I noticed that the icon under sync status of it is different with the others that have cloud icon.

I can add using our AD but only a member not as an owner.

Answer 1

Hello @J_sma

I would like to share following details about your ask.

If the group is being sync'd from On-Prem to Office/Azure AD then Distribution group owners must manage the group by using on-premises tools for Exchange Server such as the following:

• Exchange Admin Center
• Exchange Management Console
• Exchange Management Shell

For more details you can refer following article: Owners of an on-premises distribution group synced to O365 can't manage the distribution group in Exchange Online

If you would like to add Owners on this group, then you can use following command on your Exchange On-Prem PowerShell:

Set-DistributionGroup -Identity "Group Identity" -ManagedBy "User1"

For more information on this command, you can refer following document: Set-DistributionGroup (ExchangePowerShell).

I hope this helps and resolves your concern.

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