Azure groups welcome email

Kareem Soliman 0 Reputation points
2023-10-31T15:07:46.5233333+00:00

A department in my company requested a new group on Azure, which I created with an assigned owner. However, members received a "welcome email" directly from the owner (not on behalf), which raised security concerns. I have the PowerShell command to disable it in the future, but now the director of this department requesting an official Microsoft URL as proof. Can anyone provide a resource that can help me find this information?

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  1. CarlZhao-MSFT 42,611 Reputation points
    2023-11-01T09:02:53.89+00:00

    Hi @Kareem Soliman

    I understand your situation. It seems that the welcome email for new members in Microsoft 365 groups is enabled by default, if you want to disable it, try the following command:

    Connect-ExchangeOnline
    Set-UnifiedGroup -Identity "ExampleGroup@contoso.com" -UnifiedGroupWelcomeMessageEnable:$false
    

    Microsoft official document source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/set-unifiedgroup?view=exchange-ps#-unifiedgroupwelcomemessageenabled.

    Hope this helps.

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