-HiddenFromExchangeClientsEnabled = true when created from Teams?
A recent update has changed -HiddenFromExchangeClientsEnabled from default false to default true when Office 365 group is created by Teams. I would like an option for the user who creates the team to set this value upon creation. Our users need to use the O365 group as well as the team created in Teams. With this value set to true they cannot use the email functionality of the O365 group unless I use powershell to change the value every time someone creates a new team in Teams.
This post was created because of a suggestion from support and the information in this thread: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams/Teams-do-not-create-365-group/m-p/205983/thread-id/14745
Philip Netherclift
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Eric Bickle
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Having this as default true is creating a lot of headaches. Users are used to creating meeting invites in Outlook. Teams are O365 groups which they are already used to sending invites and other mail to. Are you suggesting we should have both a Team group AND a distribution list doubled up just to not have to implement a powershell workaround every few months?
In the meantime, this will likely help someone that ends up here:
#Connect to Exchange Online:
$UserCredential = Get-Credential
$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
Import-PSSession $Session
#List hidden groups to select (select the ones you want visible and click OK):
$TeamsGroups = Get-UnifiedGroup | ?{$_.HiddenFromExchangeClientsEnabled -eq $true} | Out-GridView -Title "Select hidden groups to make visible in Outlook" -PassThru
#Make selected groups visible in outlook
foreach ($TeamsGroup in $TeamsGroups){
set-UnifiedGroup -identity $TeamsGroup.identity -HiddenFromExchangeClientsEnabled:$false
}
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Christopher Bensch
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The owner of a teams should have the option in the settings to hide or unhide the Teams Group in Outlook. It is painful to bother IT Services with that. The only workaround is to create the SharePoint first and then link the Teams to the SharePoint, not a very smooth work around...
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M.Angy
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dear Miscrosoft, any news or solution about this issue?
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Hbaele
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Okay - we will keep on PS'ing this :-(
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E Robillard (MVP Reconnect)
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Please provide a UI setting for this, first for Teams Admins to set the default behavior when creating a new group, then for Teams Admins to update the setting in the Admin Dashboard, and finally for the Teams Owner to set without having to create a ticket with IT.
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Greg Reeve
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Shame nothing can be done about this critical requirement in almost 3 years???
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Dick McGinnis
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Still no update on this??
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Anonymous
commented
This option should be available at the time of team creation itself... not as an admin option or powershell option.
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Andy Z.
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Please MS, give a possibility to choose whether to hide it or show it upon creation time of the Team. Let´s say it was a quick shot from you MS to disable it upon the feedback of the Mail Admins back in 2017, without giving a toggle/switch or Tenant config option to configure it. There are people out there that want to use the shared Calendar and the channel meeting invite being sent to the outlook calendar to block the timeslot of a channel meeting, which is currently, not working anymore, due to the change.
Please give an easy option back to us regarding this setting.
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Anonymous
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I don't have a problem with the default setting being whatever it is that Microsoft gets feedback for...but seriously...give us a way to change it using profile settings so we can affect groups of teams, or at least let us make templates with this setting already configured...doing it with powershell every time we have to make another team with a mailbox is annoying.
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Kevin Graeme
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This needs to be 1) A configuration option for tenant admins; and then if allowed by tenant admin, 2) a setting for Team/Group owners.
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webbrewer
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Another mesmerisingly poor decision by Msft. I get the need to give some admin control over what appears in outlook, but the obvious solution would be to give admins a ui switch to enable/disable group owner control, not block all outlook access by default. Powershell has just become a crutch that allows Msft to get away with cr*p like this.Even better, it should be an option when a Team is created - so users can choose what shows up in Outlook. Not rocket science...
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Tina Dee
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I too am having a hard to understanding the differences but I wish it was more fluid. I have a huge headache trying to figure out what connects to what.
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Jack Robbins
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Voting on this because the ability should be in the hands of the user who creates the Team to at least toggle this at creation - approaching the O365 admin each time a Team is created is cumbersome!
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Sarah
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Yes totally agree it should be the creator of the Team that has the ability to decide on this rather than having to get admin to sort it out
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UG
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I agree and would also like to see this fixed. Further related Tech Comm discussion: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-ama/why-the-teams-calendar-not-visible-in-outlook/m-p/300155
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Steven Cline
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What is the point of having a Team Calendar if it can't be easily referenced by the user???
Please make this a GUI option that is manageable by Team Owner -
Anonymous
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In case you want a fix for this issue until Microsoft gets their act together, you can read this thread:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams/adding-a-shared-calendar-to-a-team/m-p/1411113#M59597 -
Anonymous
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Is there any expert here that can just post a power shell command that will solve this temporarily, until Microsoft realizes their mistake?
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Anonymous
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This absolutely needs to be included as a toggle option.