Creating a mail-enabled security group
Mail-enabled security groups can be used to assign permissions to their members and provide a shared mailbox for the group. You can create a mail-enabled security group in several locations throughout Microsoft 365, including the Microsoft 365 admin center, Azure Active Directory (AD), and the Exchange admin center. For this recipe, we'll use the Exchange admin center.
Getting ready
You must have an available license from a subscription that includes Exchange to assign to a user.
Getting ready
You'll need to be an Exchange admin, a global admin, or have the Organization Management or Recipient Management roles to complete this recipe's steps.
How to do it…
- Go to the classic Exchange admin center at https://outlook.office.com/ecp/.
- Choose groups from beneath the recipients header:


Figure 4.4 – The groups link in the recipients section
- Select the drop-down arrow next to the New...
