Is possibly to apply " Email Address policies" on a Distribution or Security group?

Question

Hello,

I'm trying to find some sort of documentation to see if its possibly to apply " Email Address policies" on a Distribution or Security group?

Thanks,

Answer 1

Yes:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/email-addresses-and-address-books/email-address-policies/email-address-policies?view=exchserver-2019#recipient-filters-for-email-address-policies

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/new-emailaddresspolicy?view=exchange-ps

Ex:

New-EmailAddressPolicy -Name "Groups Only" -IncludedRecipients MailGroups  

If this is a security only group, then no, since Email Address Policies would not be valid in that case.

Answer 2

Thanks but when i try to access the security group that i created in AD i can't find it in EAC...what am I doing wrong? I know i can select all the users but I just want to apply the policy to a specific Security Group that I created in AD. Thanks for your help.

Answer 3

Thanks for help but can you clarify your last statement.

"If this is a security only group, then no, since Email Address Policies would not be valid in that case"

Are you saying that applying email address policy to a security group is not possible? Am I reading it correctly? If I'm not mistaken you had mentioned in your initial response to my question that it was possible to apply email address policy to a security/distribution group?

Answer 4

Hi @Safs-3080 ,

As Andy said, it is a yes:
For a mail enabled security group:

Email options for mail-enabled security groups

For a distribution group:

Email options for distribution groups

The mail-enabled security group, you could consider it as a distribution group but could be a member of admin role groups to give them permission.

Regards,
Lou

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Answer 5

anonymous userDavid

Ok, so I just created a Mail-enabled security group in EAC, named it Emailaddresstest2. Added a user as the owner, added a user a member.

Verified that I'm able to view the security group in AD but when i try to create and Email Policy and Specify the types: I select mail enabled groups and select "Add a rule" and try to find and locate that group that i created, I can't find it.