Groups not syncing to cloud

Question

The action 'Update-DistributionGroupMember', 'BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck,Identity,Members', can't be performed on the object 'Focus Employees' because the object is being synchronized from your on-premises organization. This action should be performed on the object in your on-premises organization.

most of our groups do not seem to be syncing correctly to the cloud.  I remove the user from the group on the on premise server, but it never shows the change.  Last time the person that set this up had to remove the group from syncing and read it, then run some kind of script.  we need it to synch correctly.

Any ideas?  We have an on site Exchange 2007 server that we are slowly moving everyone over to Office 365 through a second Exchange 2013 server.

Answer 1

Hi Derrickchitwood,

Based on the error message, may I know whether you manage groups in cloud? If so, it is a normal behavior. Since these groups are synced from AD, you need to manage them in AD.

Meantime, please check the following requirements to sync groups to Office 365:

1. The group has a SMTP or primary SMTP address (mail-enable group).
2. Group has over 15000 members.
3. A maximum of 100 users can be owners of a single group.
4. Display name is empty (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2508722/mail-enabled-groups-that-have-an-email-address-aren-t-synchronized-to)

If you have checked the limitations and the issue persists, to narrow down the issue, I’d like to collect the following information:

1. You mentioned that you removed users from groups in the on-premise servers. May I know where did you see the error message?
2. Are these problematic groups distribution groups or security groups?
3. Are there any errors in the MIISClient? If so, can you provide some screenshots? To protect your privacy, I have sent you a private message to collect them. Please click on the link below to access your Private Message:

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4. Did you create any filters in AAD Connector?
5. Did you create groups in ADUC (Active Directory Users and Computers) or on-premise Exchange servers?

Best Regards,

Erick

Answer 2

Hi Derrickchitwood,

Do you have any updates? Can you provide the information at your convenience?

Best Regards,

Erick