Convert DL to unified group

Rising Flight 3,711 Reputation points
2020-12-16T01:11:24.437+00:00

Hi All

I have a distribution list, is it possible to convert the DL to an office365 unified group.
lets say i have a DL by name dist01@Company portal .com, by using the below syntax will i be able to convert DL to office365 unified group. will the DL owners reflect as group owners. will the membership also reflect.

Upgrade-DistributionGroup -DlIdentities dist01@Company portal .com

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  1. Joyce Shen - MSFT 16,641 Reputation points
    2020-12-17T02:54:21.03+00:00

    Hi @Rising Flight

    Yes the command should work for you, the test result show below:

    48933-qa-2020-12-17-10-50-04.png

    Referring to the official document to get more detailed information:

    How to use PowerShell to upgrade several distribution lists at the same time

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  1. Ashok M 6,506 Reputation points
    2020-12-16T07:44:09.33+00:00

    Hi,

    Yes, you can convert the DL to M365 group using that command. Owners and members will be populated but it does takes sometime to reflect.

    Not all DL's can be converted to M365 group. Please check the below eligibility criteria before converting. Also, you can check the eligibility of the DL whether it can be converted using the below command,

    Get-DistributionGroup \<DL SMTP address\> | Get-EligibleDistributionGroupForMigration

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/manage/upgrade-distribution-lists?view=o365-worldwide#faq-about-upgrading-distribution-lists-to-microsoft-365-groups-in-outlook

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  2. Rising Flight 3,711 Reputation points
    2020-12-16T10:27:19.203+00:00

    So the below command should check whether it can be converted to unified group

    Get-DistributionGroup dist01@Company portal .com | Get-EligibleDistributionGroupForMigration