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There are two types of the Groups in Exchange server 2016 as below

• Mail-Enabled Distribution Group: the standard type of Groups.
  
• Mail-Enabled Security Group: the group that has SID and can assigned to security permissions.
  
• Dynamic Distribution Group: the distribution group with membership based on AD query.
  

How to Create Groups

Mail-Enabled Distribution/Security Group:

Open EAC > Recipients > groups > Add > Distribution/security group

Then fill the required fields:

• Display name
  
• Alias
  
• Organization unit
  
• Owners
  
• Members
  

And using PowerShell using the command “New-DistributionGroup” as below example:

New-DistributionGroup -Name “Managers” -OrganizationalUnit “tala.local/Users” -SamAccountName “Managers” -Type “Security”

Type paramter can be “Security or Distribution”

Dynamic Distribution Group:

Open EAC > Recipients > groups > Add > Distribution/security group

Then fill the required fields:

• Display name
  
• Alias
  
• Organization unit
  
• Owner
  
• Members:
  

  Type of Members.
  

  Rule that manage Membership: for example department, state or custom attribute
  

Distribution/Security/Dynamic Groups Options:

The options that can be edited after creation as below:

• General:
  
  • Display Name
    
  • Alias
    
  • Notes
    
  • Hide from GAL
    

• Ownership
  

• Membership
  

• Membership Approval
  

• Delivery Management:
  

  Define the type of sender that can send to the group: Internal or Internal and external
  

• Message Approval
  

  Define the moderator to approve messages sent to the group
  

• Email Option: add email address
  

• MailTip
  

• Group delegation: assign send as and send on behalf permission.
  

Ratish Nair

Microsoft MVP | Office Servers and Services

Team @MSExchangeGuru

Posted June 22nd, 2017 under Exchange 2016. RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback.