#Create Groups

You can manage both on-premises groups and cloud Groups in EnPower. Refer to the following sections for the instructions on creating on-premises groups or cloud Groups.

#Create an On-Premises Group

To create an on-premises group, complete the following steps:

1. On the Groups page, click Create.

2. In the Create Group panel, complete the following configurations:

   • Group type

     • Create Group in – Select On-premises environment.

     • Group type – Select Distribution or Security.

   • Basics

     • Name – Enter the name of the group.

     • SamAccountName – Enter the SamAccountName of the group.

     • Domain – Select a domain to create the group in.

     • Group email address – If you are about to synchronize the group to your Microsoft Entra ID to be a cloud group, you need to specify an email for this on-premises group.

     • Create in – Select the destination organizational unit to create the group in.

     • Group scope – Select Domain local, Global, or Universal.

   • Membership

     • Managed by - Click Manage users to specify on-premises users that can manage this group.

       • Managed by – Specify the managers by entering the name of the user.

       • Manager can update membership list – Select the checkbox to allow managers to update the membership list of this group.

     • Members – Click Manage members and then click Add to add members to this group.

3. Click Save.

#Create a Cloud Group

You can create four types of cloud Groups in EnPower, including:

#Create a Microsoft 365 Group

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

1. Click Create.

2. In the Create Group panel, select Microsoft 365 (recommended) for the Group type. Click Next to proceed.

3. Complete the basics for the Microsoft 365 Group, including

   • Name – Enter the name of the Group. The Group name cannot exceed 120 characters or duplicate with existing Group names.

   • Tenant – Select the tenant for the Group.

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

   • Description – Enter an optional description for the Group.

   Click Next to proceed.

4. Manage membership, including:

   • Microsoft Entra ID roles can be assigned to the Group (Preview) – If this is enabled, you can assign roles defined in your Microsoft Entra ID to this Group.

   • Membership type – Select from Assigned, Dynamic user, and Dynamic device.

     For Assigned Groups, you need to manually manage the membership for this Group. To manually assign owners, complete the following steps:

     1. Click Manage owners or Manage members.

     2. Click Assign owners or Add to open the user list. Select the users you want to assign as owners or add as members. Click Add to add them to the owners or users list.

     3. Click to go back to the Manage membership panel.

     Click Next to proceed.

     For Dynamic user Groups, you can configure rules to automatically manage membership for this Group. To manage the membership, complete the following steps:

     4. Click Manage owners. The Assign owners panel appears.

     5. Click Assign owners to open the user list. Select the users you want to assign as owners. Click Add to add them to the owners list.

     6. Click to go back to the Manage membership panel.

     7. Click Customize rules for membership. The Members panel appears.

     8. 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 a rule to add more rules.

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

     Click Next to proceed.

     *Note: There can only be one owner in a Dynamic Group. For both Assigned and Dynamic Groups, if you plan to add ‎Microsoft Teams‎ to this Group, all owners must have a license that includes ‎Teams‎.‎

5. Edit setting for the Group, including:

   • Sensitivity – Select the sensitivity label 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.

#Create a Distribution Group

To create a distribution group, complete the following steps:

1. Click Create.

2. In the Create Group panel, select Distribution for the Group type. Click Next to proceed.

3. Complete the basics for the distribution group, including:

   • Name – Enter the name of the group. The group name cannot exceed 120 characters or duplicates with existing group names.

   • Tenant – Select the tenant for the group.

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

   • Description – Enter an optional description for the group.

4. Click Next to proceed.

5. Manage membership, including:

   • Membership type – Select from Assigned, Dynamic user, and Dynamic device.

     For Assigned groups, you need to manually manage the membership for this Group. To manually assign owners, complete the following steps:

     1. Click Manage owners or Manage members. The Assign owners or Members panel appears.

     2. Click Assign owners or Add to open the user list. Select the users you want to assign as owners or add as members. Click Add to add them to the owners or users list.

     3. Click to go back to the Assign membership panel.

     Click Next to proceed.

     For Dynamic user groups, you can configure rules to automatically manage membership for this Group. To manage the membership, complete the following steps:

     4. Click Manage owners. The Assign owners panel appears.

     5. Click Assign owners to open the user list. Select the users you want to assign as owners. Click Add to add them to the owners list.

     6. Click to go back to the Manage membership panel.

     7. Click Customize rules for membership. The Members panel appears.

     8. Select the types of recipients that will be members of this group. You can select All recipient types to allow users, mailboxes, and groups of all recipient types to be members of this group. Or select Only the following recipient types to restrict the recipient type scope for the members.

     9. 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 a rule to add more rules.

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

     Click Next to proceed.

6. Edit setting for the group, including:

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

   • Joining the group – Select from Open, Closed, and Owner approval.

     • Open – Anyone can join this group without owner approval.

     • Closed – Only group owners can add members. All requests to join will be automatically declined.

     • Owner approval – Anyone can request to join this group, and owners must approve the request.

   • Leaving the group – Select from Open and Closed.

     • Open – Anyone can leave this group without group owner approval.

     • Closed – Only group owners can remove members. All requests to leave will be automatically declined.

7. Click Save.

#Create a Mail-enabled Security Group

To create a mail-enabled security group, complete the following steps:

1. Click Create.

2. In the Create Group panel, select Mail-enabled security for the Group type. Click Next to proceed.

3. Complete the basics for the distribution group, including

   • Name – Enter the name of the group. The group name cannot exceed 120 characters or duplicates with existing Group names.

   • Tenant – Select the tenant for the group.

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

   • Description – Enter an optional description for the group.

4. Click Next to proceed.

5. Manage membership. The membership type can only be Assigned for a mail-enabled security group.

   • To assign owners, complete the following steps:

     1. Click Manage owners. The Assign owners panel appears.

     2. Click Assign owners to open the user list. Select the users you want to assign as owners. Click Add to add them to the owners list.

     3. Click to go back to the Manage membership panel.

   • To add members, complete the following steps:

     1. Click Manage members. The Members panel appears.

     2. Click Add to open the user list. Select the users you want to add as members. Click Add to add them to the member list.

     3. Click to go back to the Assign membership panel.

     Click Next to proceed.

     *Note: You must have at least one owner. We recommend adding two to have coverage in the event one owner changes roles.

6. Edit setting for the group, including:

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

   • Require owner approval to join the group – Select to enable or disable.

7. Click Save.

#Create a Security Group

To create a security group, complete the following steps:

1. Click Create.

2. In the Create Group panel, select Security for the Group type. Click Next to proceed.

3. Complete the basics for the security group, including:

   • Name – Enter the name of the group. The group name cannot exceed 120 characters or duplicates with existing Group names.

   • Tenant – Select the tenant for the group.

   • Description – Enter an optional description for the group.

   Click Next to proceed.

4. Manage membership, including:

   • Microsoft Entra ID roles can be assigned to the Group (Preview) – If this is enabled, you can assign roles defined in your Microsoft Entra ID to this group.

   • Membership type – Select from Assigned, Dynamic user, and Dynamic device.

     For Assigned groups, you need to manually manage the membership for this Group. To manually assign owners and members, complete the following steps:

     1. Click Manage owners or Manage members. The Assign owners or Members panel appears.

     2. Click Assign owners or Add to open the user list. Select the users you want to assign as owners or add as members. Click Add to add them to the owners or users list.

     3. Click to go back to the Manage membership panel.

     Click Next to proceed.

     For Dynamic user groups, you can configure rules to automatically manage membership for this group. To manage the membership, complete the following steps:

     4. Click Manage owners.

     5. In the Assign owners panel, click Assign owners to open the user list. Select the users you want to assign as owners. Click Add to add them to the owners list.

     6. Click to go back to the Assign membership panel.

     7. Click Customize rules for membership.

     8. In the Members panel, 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 a rule to add more rules.

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

5. Click Save.

#Create Cloud Groups in Bulk

Apart from creating Groups individually, you can also create cloud Groups in bulk by importing a pre-configured CSV file, including Microsoft 365 Groups, distribution groups, mail-enabled security groups, and security groups. To create cloud Groups in bulk, complete the following steps:

1. On the Groups page, click Bulk operation on the ribbon.

2. In the action list, click Bulk create and select the type of Groups to create.

3. In the bulk creation panel, click template to download the CSV template and complete your configurations in the downloaded file.

4. Click Select files or drag the file to upload the CSV file.

5. Click Create. The process will start to create the Groups.