My Outlook account does not give me the option to create a Microsoft 365 group

Question

I am trying to create a microsoft 365 group (not a contact or distribution list) in my team that we can share with each other. I have been following the steps of this video but I am stumped. My Outlook account doesn't give me the option to create a 'new group'. I only have the option to browse groups. Does anyone know why this is and if there is another way to work around this?

Answer 1

Hi @Sarah Aslam ,

By default, any user in a tenant can create a Microsoft 365 Group by creating a new resource in a Group supported app. Tenant Administrators do have the option of restricting who can create Microsoft 365 Group.

Also, Administrator can run the following PowerShell commands to enable Office 365 group creation for users who applied OwaMailboxPolicy-Default Policy:

1. Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell
2. Run this commend:

set-OwaMailboxPolicy -GroupCreationEnabled $true -Identity OwaMailboxPolicy-Default

Refer to this official article.