{"id":230,"date":"2018-12-05T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T11:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/?p=230"},"modified":"2018-12-06T09:27:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T09:27:44","slug":"create-a-distribution-list-or-group-in-office-365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/create-a-distribution-list-or-group-in-office-365\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a Distribution list or Group in Office 365 &#038; Add Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Distribution-list-in-office-365-1024x449.jpg\" alt=\"how to create office 365 distribution list\" width=\"625\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Distribution-list-in-office-365-1024x449.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Distribution-list-in-office-365-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Distribution-list-in-office-365-768x337.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Distribution-list-in-office-365-624x274.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Distribution-list-in-office-365.jpg 1515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Web<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before going to create a distribution list or Group in Office 365, it is important to know how it works and what the distribution list is. This is not so hard to understand if you have already used distribution list in Exchange On-premise or Office 365.\u00a0 <!--more-->But if you are a beginner then here you will know all about Distribution lists or Office 365 Groups.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Are the Distribution lists or Office 365 Groups?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Distribution list is a helpful feature to manage contact in a category and send emails &amp; attachments to team\/board member, worker and co-workers. Office 365 provides a bundle of many elegant application and advanced features. If you are a user or admin of Exchange Online then you need to know its common and helpful feature to make easy your work. Thus we can say that Office 365 distribution lists or Groups are mainly a shared workspace where group members can share files and send emails to complete team work effectively.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Importance of distribution list in Office 365!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The number of people depends on the role of business and when the industry connects a lot of customer, associate, board member then this number also increase. Now it is very difficult to share mail, address, and folder to everyone, because you have to search each name repeatedly and add it. For that, we can create a distribution lists for a particular field in Office 365.<\/p>\n<p>When we create a distribution list in Outlook, it is used only for sending email. While Office 365 distribution list comes with some extra features such as shared inbox\/calendar, power shell management, Restore delete group etc. and it also called Office 365 Group.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to create a distribution list or Group in Office 365 with members?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You have seen the above passage to know about the distribution list in Office 365. Now let see \u201cHow to create a distribution list or group in Office 365\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/login.microsoftonline.com\/common\/oauth2\/authorize?client_id=4345a7b9-9a63-4910-a426-35363201d503&amp;response_mode=form_post&amp;response_type=code+id_token&amp;scope=openid+profile&amp;state=OpenIdConnect.AuthenticationProperties%3dUPd95QzG3kchSnzHXBz1OpK3A4akIDK9RkP2qZNu754dxT_BM0CUrvFwnHLoETE8txHHJT8xaGGXGBjAyIPC41lJN2hW-8vVt7jfSXvlF8GTtO7yryuyvzEyBq31aIdr&amp;nonce=636796068375245948.OTZjYzI2NzYtYWI2ZS00OTljLWI0Y2YtNzQwYjg3YjFhMzhlY2ZmMWRlNDUtZDQxOC00YWFkLTg4ODgtMGVkYmQxYzM4NWJj&amp;redirect_uri=https%3a%2f%2fwww.office.com%2f&amp;ui_locales=en-US&amp;mkt=en-US&amp;client-request-id=006fee07-0051-4121-b280-61f903d0fe4b\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sign-in<\/a> to Office 365 admin portal with the help of login credential.<\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Admin center<\/strong> &gt;&gt; Scroll down and click on bottom icon of admin center then choose <strong>Exchange<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/distribution-list.png\" alt=\"distribution list\" width=\"500\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/distribution-list.png 759w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/distribution-list-300x286.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/distribution-list-624x594.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new pop-up window open &gt;&gt; Click on <strong>recipient<\/strong> from left side menu &gt;&gt; Go to <strong>groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-232\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/create-distribution-list-in-office-365.png\" alt=\"create distribution list in office 365\" width=\"500\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/create-distribution-list-in-office-365.png 879w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/create-distribution-list-in-office-365-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/create-distribution-list-in-office-365-768x616.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/create-distribution-list-in-office-365-624x500.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Now press <strong>drop-down<\/strong> menu in the side of \u201c<strong>+ new office 365 group<\/strong>\u201d and choose distribution list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-231\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/add-distribution-list-in-Office-365.png\" alt=\"add distribution list in Office 365\" width=\"500\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/add-distribution-list-in-Office-365.png 819w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/add-distribution-list-in-Office-365-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/add-distribution-list-in-Office-365-768x654.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/add-distribution-list-in-Office-365-624x531.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In given window put the <strong>name<\/strong> of group.<\/li>\n<li>Fill the email address as per name category.<\/li>\n<li>Add Owner of the group after that add team member which you want to save in your group mail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-235\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/how-to-create-office-365-distribution-list.png\" alt=\"how to create office 365 distribution list\" width=\"500\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/how-to-create-office-365-distribution-list.png 815w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/how-to-create-office-365-distribution-list-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/how-to-create-office-365-distribution-list-768x595.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/how-to-create-office-365-distribution-list-624x483.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Last part is your security option related to join or leave the group without any permission etc. so you can choose as you want then press <strong>save<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-236\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/office-365-distribution-list.png\" alt=\"create a distribution list or Group in Office 365\" width=\"500\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/office-365-distribution-list.png 815w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/office-365-distribution-list-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/office-365-distribution-list-768x589.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/office-365-distribution-list-624x479.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After creating a distribution, you can manage all details, email address or change the security. So if you want to change something then double click on distribution list. You will see the number of information available in the active window like membership approval, delivery management, ownership, add email etc<\/p>\n<h3>Final verdict<\/h3>\n<p>At last, I want to tell you that if you always send the same email to a number of emails to respectively then<strong> create a distribution list or Group in Office 365<\/strong> to simplify your work. If you have any queries on your mind related to the Office 365 Groups or distribution lists then leave a message in comment box.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mboxtooffice365.com\/blogs\/create-archive-mailbox-in-office-365-with-retention-policy\/\">How to create archive mailbox in Office 365<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before going to create a distribution list or Group in Office 365, it is important to know how it works and what the distribution list is. 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