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mail enabled security group

Roger Roger 7,326 Reputation points
2020-08-17T20:06:42.713+00:00

Hi All

i am using exchange 2010 hybrid environment, i have a security group in onprem AD, i want to convert it to mail enabled security group, current group scope is global, group type is security what i understand is i should convert group scope to universal. will the below two syntax's satisfy my requirement?

From powershell:Get-ADGroup -Identity group1 | Set-ADGroup -GroupScope Universal 
From EMS:Enable-DistributionGroup -Identity group1 -primarysmtpaddress group1@Company portal .com

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  1. Lydia Zhou - MSFT 2,386 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2020-08-18T02:09:35.71+00:00

    I test the commands you provided. They works well.
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    After that, I add group members and send a message to this mail-enabled security group. The message can be received successfully.
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