Office365 - Azure Group Naming policy does not work

Question

Hello,

I acitvated a Azure Group Naming policy yesterday and it is not working.
First I thaugt I have to wait some time...but it is still the same after 24h hours.
When I create a new group in Office365 it does not get a suffix I defined.
We have a right licence according to documentation - MS365 Business Premium.
Does anybody knows what could be wrong?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Thank you ,
that is right!
If I create a group with "normal" user it is working as expected.

BR

Answer 2

Hi @M_SKER • Thank you for reaching out.

I am suspecting that you must have created the Groups using Global Administrator or User Administrator account. If that is the case, it is expected that the Group Naming policy won't apply because these accounts are exempted from the policy, so that they can use their desired naming conventions while creating groups. Apart from Global Administrator and User Administrator, Partner Tier 1 and Tier 2 Support roles are also exempted from this policy.

The policy will apply to all other account regardless of whether they create the group,

• Either by using My Apps portal, as shown below:
  
• Or by using Azure Portal and the policy will immediately apply as highlighted below:
  

Read more: Admin override

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