Can you restrict who can create groups in Microsoft 365?
This is the recommended approach because it allows users to start collaborating without requiring assistance from IT. If your business requires that you restrict who can create groups, you can restrict Microsoft 365 Group creation to the members of a particular Microsoft 365 group or security group.
How to turn off the group creation restriction?
If you want to turn off the group creation restriction and again allow all users to create groups, set $GroupName to “” and $AllowGroupCreation to “True” and rerun the script. Changes can take thirty minutes or more to take effect. You can verify the new settings by doing the following:
Do you need to be an admin to create a group?
Admins in the roles listed above do not need to be members of this group: they retain their ability to create groups. In the admin center, go to the Groups page. Click on Add a Group. Choose the group type you want. Remember the name of the group! You’ll need it later.
Can a global admin limit who can create a group?
When you limit who can create a group, it affects all services that rely on groups for access, including: The steps in this article won’t prevent members of certain roles from creating Groups. Office 365 Global admins can create Groups via the Microsoft 365 admin center, Planner, Exchange, and SharePoint Online.
Can you manage distribution groups in Office 365?
Users in a Microsoft Office 365 environment can create distribution groups and manage those distribution groups. As an admin, you may want to prevent users or a subset of users from creating and managing distribution groups.
How to prevent users from creating and managing distribution groups?
Exchange Online admins can disable this functionality so that users can’t create and manage their own distribution groups. To do this, follow these steps: