This operation can only be performed by a manager of the group

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2022-04-17T17:57:32.257+00:00

Hi All

I am using exchange 2016 hybrid environment. I have an onprem DL and i want to remove a user lets say user1@Company portal .com from the owner of the DL dl1@Company portal .com. i am getting the below error while changing the ownership. Experts guide me.

You don't have sufficient permissions. This operation can only be performed by a manager of the group

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  1. Andy David - MVP 157.8K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-04-17T18:46:48.657+00:00

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

    Example:

    Set-DistributionGroup ******@contoso.com -BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck -ManagedBy @{Remove=******@contoso.com}  
    

    Note:

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  1. Andy David - MVP 157.8K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-04-17T18:02:59.383+00:00

    Use Exchange powershell (On-Prem Exchange)

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

    Example:

    Remove-DistributionGroupMember -Identity ******@contoso.com  -Member ******@contoso.com -BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck  
    
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  2. Rising Flight 5,216 Reputation points
    2022-04-17T18:14:50.12+00:00

    i want to remove the user from DL owner, user is not the member of the DL.

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