Microsoft graph dynamic distribution list members

Question

Since Exchange Web Services will be discontinued on October 1, 2026 and its successor is Microsoft Graph (1).

Does the Graph API currently support dynamic distribution lists? The last information I found was that 2021 (2).

1. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/retirement-of-exchange-web-services-in-exchange-online/3924440
2. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/376906/does-graph-api-support-dynamic-distribution-lists

Answer 1

Hi Maksym Kryvonis,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Support!

Unfortunately, dynamic distribution lists are currently not supported via Graph API. Only the following groups are supported:

• Microsoft 365 groups
• Security groups
• Mail-enabled security groups
• Distribution groups

For more details, please refer to: Working with groups in Microsoft Graph

Since this feature/functionality is presently not available, you can submit a feature request idea using support link, which will be monitored by Microsoft team and make the enhancements to Microsoft Graph APIs.

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Answer 2

Hi, @Maksym Kryvonis

The information in the document link above is accurate

As of this writing, the Microsoft Graph API does not provide specialized support for managing dynamic distribution group lists.

While the Microsoft Graph API does support a number of group management scenarios (including the creation and management of Microsoft 365 groups and security groups, and even dynamic memberships for certain types of Azure AD groups), it does not include endpoints for creating, updating, or querying legacy Exchange dynamic distribution groups.

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Answer 3

No, it does not. Although you cannot just blame the Graph for it, as the underlying data is simply not synced to Entra ID to begin with (in other words Entra has no "knowledge" on DDGs).

If you need to programmatically get the list of members of a DDG, the only option currently is Exchange Online PowerShell and the Get-DynamicDistributionGroupMember cmdlet.