#Create a Microsoft 365 Group

To create a Microsoft 365 Group, complete the following steps:

1. Click Create group.

2. In the Select a Group type panel, select to create the group in Microsoft 365 tenant. Microsoft 365 Group (recommended) is selected by default. Click Continue to proceed.

   For more information about group types, refer to .

3. Complete the basics for the group, including

   • Name – Enter the name of the group.

   • Group email address – Enter the email address for the group.

   • Description – Enter an optional description for the group.

   Click Continue to proceed or click Back to go back to the Group type selection step.

4. Manage membership, including:

   • Microsoft Entra ID roles can be assigned to the group – If this is turned on, you can assign roles defined in your Microsoft Entra ID to this group. For more information, refer to .

   • Membership type – Select from Assigned and Dynamic user.

     For a group with Assigned membership type, you need to manually assign owners and members for this group.

     For a group with Dynamic user membership type, you can configure rules to automatically manage membership for this group.

     To manage the membership, complete the following steps:

     1. In the Owners field, configure the users you want to assign as owners.

     2. Click Customize rules for membership.

     3. To add a rule for the user membership management, select a condition and enter a value for the rule. If you want to add more than one rule, click Add rule to add more rules.

     4. Click Save to save the rules and go back to the Manage membership panel.

   Click Continue to proceed or click Back to go back to the Basics step.

   *Note: For both Assigned and Dynamic user, if you plan to add ‎Microsoft Teams‎ to this Microsoft group, all owners must have a license that includes ‎Teams‎.‎ For more information, refer to .

5. Edit settings for the group, including:

   • Sensitivity label – Select the sensitivity label you would like to apply to the group.

   • Privacy – Select from Public or Private.

     • Content in a public group can be seen by anybody in your organization, and anybody in your organization is able to join the group.

     • Content in a private group can only be seen by the members of the group, and people who want to join a private group have to be approved by a group owner.

   • Allow external senders to email this Group – Select to enable or disable.

   • Send copies of Group conversations and events to Group members – Select to enable or disable.

   • Hide from my organization’s global address list – Select to enable or disable.

   • Add Microsoft Teams to this Group – Select to enable or disable.

6. Click Save.