Distribution List Management Without Powershell

Question

I have 3 lists of contacts on a csv file.

I have a 3 distribution lists created in Microsoft Admin center.

When you want to add contacts/members you have to do it manually one by one which will take forever

In outlook365 there is a " All distribution list " folder which display the distribution lists.

But how do you actually get the contacts in there without playing around with Powershell?

From admin center you can add them one by one but having to do that 250 times is frustrating.

Is there a simpler way?

Thanks

Answer 1

Dear  Tidi_559,

Good day. After thorough research, testing from my end and consulting, it’s been concluded that it is not currently feasible to add in bulk the members to the distribution list using Admin center.

You can add in bulk the contacts in admin center but not feasible to add them in bulk in DL via Admin. However, if you want to manage to add the contact in bulk in your distribution list you need to use PowerShell command.

We apologize if we are not able to meet your requirements; however, thank you for bringing this to our attention, we will surely raise you concerns to our Product Team and hopefully this can be included in the future updates. In the meantime, please feel free to post this in our Feedback community by visiting Exchange Online · Community (microsoft.com) as it is a community monitored by our Product team to help improve user experience with Exchange Online, via feedback given by our valuable customers. For other concerns, please do not hesitate to add you post in the Microsoft Community Team. Thank you for choosing Microsoft as your partner in business.

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Eben | Microsoft Community Moderator

Answer 2

Hello Tidi_559,

Good day.

Thank for posting in the community.

We've received your query and you can expect to receive response from one of our community moderator accordingly.

At this point, we appreciate your patience and cooperation. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Community moderator