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    O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal

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    • dafyreD
      dafyre
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      Most excellent! Now for part two... I need to allow external users (non-O365 users) to add and remove themselves from this group... Any ideas?

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403 @dafyre
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        @dafyre that I haven't the slightest idea.....

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403
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          And I'd be very concerned about a literal "universal" distribution group in which anyone can join to leave at any time.

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @dafyre
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            @dafyre said in O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal:

            Most excellent! Now for part two... I need to allow external users (non-O365 users) to add and remove themselves from this group... Any ideas?

            Not possible.

            @DustinB3403 said in O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal:

            And I'd be very concerned about a literal "universal" distribution group in which anyone can join to leave at any time.

            Exactly.

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            • dafyreD
              dafyre @DustinB3403
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              @DustinB3403 said in O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal:

              And I'd be very concerned about a literal "universal" distribution group in which anyone can join to leave at any time.

              Why? It's no different than public email lists, or groups, etc, now, in my eyes. Anybody that wants to join can join. Anybody who wants to leave can leave.

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403
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                A public mailing list is different that a privately hosted distribution group. I would be wary of this personally and professionally since anyone and their cousin could send anything to an entire distribution group, be it malicious or NSFW content etc.

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                • coliverC
                  coliver
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                  In the past you haven't been able to add external users to O365 groups. Is that now available?

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                  • dafyreD
                    dafyre @coliver
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                    @coliver said in O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal:

                    In the past you haven't been able to add external users to O365 groups. Is that now available?

                    From what I gather, you can do that using Contact records now... But we were looking for something that was automated.

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                    • gjacobseG
                      gjacobse
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                      Is the idea to create a 'News Group'?

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                      • dafyreD
                        dafyre @DustinB3403
                        last edited by

                        @DustinB3403 said in O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal:

                        A public mailing list is different that a privately hosted distribution group. I would be wary of this personally and professionally since anyone and their cousin could send anything to an entire distribution group, be it malicious or NSFW content etc.

                        The same thing could be said of a public mailing list, if it doesn't have the appropriate checks & balances, etc.

                        I've since found out this is for students and won't necessarily be "public". Sadly, it looks like it's going to have to be hand-managed without some fancy Powershelling or something.

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                        • dafyreD
                          dafyre @gjacobse
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                          @gjacobse said in O365 Distribution Group Self Signup and Removal:

                          Is the idea to create a 'News Group'?

                          I'm not 100% sure yet, we're waiting on that answer. But from the original gist of it, that's what it is sounding like.

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