Disable 'New Group' from Outlook via Policy

Anonymous
2017-11-15T13:07:52+00:00

Hi,

I'm looking to remove the 'New Group' option for normal users.  People are creating their own conversation groups and making them public.  I can't see anywhere I can disable this feature. 

I'm looking to disable this via GPO or through the O365 Company Portal.  Whichever is the correct way to do it.

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Anonymous
2017-11-15T16:53:06+00:00

Hi LOKI_3,

Please refer to the steps in this article to control who has the ability to create groups:

Manage who can create Office 365 Groups.

Also, you can run the following PowerShell commands to disable Office 365 group creation for users who applied OwaMailboxPolicy-Default Policy:

  1. Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell
  2. Run this commend:

set-OwaMailboxPolicy -GroupCreationEnabled $false -Identity OwaMailboxPolicy-Default

Regards,

Barry

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-12-05T22:31:33+00:00

    Hi LOKI_3,

    Thank you for the updates.

    Please kindly check if all email account are under the default user policy. Navigate to Permissions > User Roles in Exchange Admin Center with an Office 365 admin account. Check if the Default Role Assignment Policy is set correctly. Then navigate to Recipients > mailboxes, select one mailbox and go to mailbox features > Role assignment policy to check if the correct policy is assigned.

    Regards,

    Barry

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-12-05T13:35:16+00:00

    Hi,

    So i tried it this way (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2580991/how-to-prevent-users-from-creating-and-managing-distribution-groups-in) as it seemed the more simple way to adjust the default user policy, however users are still able to create groups.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-11-20T08:40:50+00:00

    I have not yet, I plan on looking at it today so will give feedback as soon as I have tested.

    Thanks.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-11-16T22:35:43+00:00

    Hi LOKI_3,

    Have you tried the steps? Let us know any updates when you have time.

    Thanks,

    Barry

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