WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.960 Hey, hi, this is admin from admin 365 and today we are going to talk about 00:06.640 --> 00:17.840 How to convert a distribution list to a office 365 group So let's get started before we do to convert it 00:19.040 --> 00:25.760 Basically quick information about distribution lists distribution lists are basically a group 00:26.540 --> 00:34.720 created To receive emails to all its members Basically, if you have created a distribution list and added 00:35.519 --> 00:43.040 Members to it and once you send email to that distribution list it distributes the email to all of its members 00:43.519 --> 00:51.680 So that everyone receives a copy of it And office 365 group also known as microsoft 365 group 00:52.160 --> 00:57.519 It is basically a group that has a sharepoint site assigned to it 00:58.000 --> 01:05.520 So you can have the group members collaborate share files on the sharepoint 01:05.600 --> 01:11.680 site which is provided in the Microsoft 365 group plus you can 01:12.560 --> 01:19.780 Turn on microsoft teams for that group as well so Basically, it is more collaborative 01:20.640 --> 01:28.080 And you can simply convert a distribution list So if you have an old distribution list and you want to use the same email address 01:28.880 --> 01:40.240 for a new microsoft 365 group for collaboration Then you can simply convert the distribution list to the group. Let's see how we can do that 01:40.800 --> 01:46.960 Basically, you have to go to office.com on a browser and sign in with the admin account 01:47.440 --> 01:53.120 It can be a global admin account which we can use or a exchange admin account as well 01:54.720 --> 01:59.680 And once you are on this page after you sign in you can simply click on the admin tile 02:00.000 --> 02:04.960 Or if you don't see the admin tile here, you can simply click on the app launcher here on the top 02:05.520 --> 02:13.140 And then click on the admin Tile here it will open this page with the url admin.microsoft.com 02:14.480 --> 02:19.280 You simply have to scroll down and click on show all if you don't see all the options here 02:20.160 --> 02:24.320 Once you click on show all you should see all the admin center 02:25.680 --> 02:30.480 Available to your account. You simply have to click on the exchange admin center 02:31.120 --> 02:38.260 And then it should open this page here exchange admin center admin.exchange.microsoft.com 02:39.120 --> 02:45.520 And under here you just have to expand the recipient option And then click on groups 02:46.320 --> 02:52.320 And you will see all the groups Listed over here. Currently we are under microsoft 02:53.020 --> 02:59.920 K65 group so we can see all that group separated from the creation list and 03:00.720 --> 03:11.440 main enable security list and another distribution list And you can see the team samples as well. Whichever group has teams enabled for it. You will see 03:12.079 --> 03:17.040 Same here. What we are going to do is we are going to convert the distribution list 03:17.920 --> 03:25.120 which is shown under this setting to a microsoft 360 file group 03:26.079 --> 03:32.720 So we'll select the group which we want to convert. For example, this is the one which I want to convert into 03:33.340 --> 03:41.120 Microsoft 360 file group. I will simply click on it And then we see a new option. Once I select it, I will see a new option 03:42.800 --> 03:48.240 Upgrade distribution group. I simply have to click on it. Then you can read the message here 03:48.800 --> 03:54.240 Upgrading distribution group to microsoft 360 file group is a permanent change and it can't be rendered 03:55.120 --> 04:00.900 Once you have finalized it, you can simply click on upgrade And it will do the upgradation in the backend 04:00.900 --> 04:08.820 And as you can see the message on the top has been upgraded it can take five minutes at least for the changes to reflect 04:10.100 --> 04:19.300 And as you can see, I have to go to this tab to see This one being converted and showing up there. So if I refresh this page 04:19.940 --> 04:29.060 PowerShell dl should be gone on this page From this page and as you can see it is gone and it should be on this page 04:30.020 --> 04:37.460 As it has been converted successfully And here it is so PowerShell dl is now a 04:38.320 --> 04:45.060 Microsoft 360 file group and it does not have a team assigned to it. You can simply create a team 04:46.100 --> 04:52.500 Using the team's application or you can simply click on the group here 04:52.740 --> 05:00.500 And See all the options here you can simply Change the email address to anything which you want 05:01.140 --> 05:07.380 And add the description you can add remove members to it. Currently. I have only one owner and two members 05:08.500 --> 05:15.060 And they will have access to the xperia 45 Which is a part of this group 05:16.020 --> 05:22.420 So you can turn on or turn off the settings as per your needs here and this is the teams option 05:22.420 --> 05:28.100 You can simply click on create a team and it will create a team for for this group 05:29.300 --> 05:34.580 So once you click on create a team if you want to you can simply click on create a team 05:35.140 --> 05:40.660 And it will give you a alpine stating that this group has a team assigned to it 05:40.900 --> 05:46.980 Which it was not showing us earlier and now you can see the message you have successfully created a team for this group 05:47.380 --> 05:56.260 To manage team setting go to the team's admin center And you can simply click on this and it will redirect you to the team's admin center where you can add 05:56.660 --> 06:05.540 Members to it if you want or change any additional settings to it And if you scroll down again, you should be able to see the team's icon 06:06.340 --> 06:14.180 Yeah, there you go you now have the team's icon for this microsoft 365 group which has been successfully converted 06:15.140 --> 06:25.080 from a distribution list So there you go guys if you have any questions doubt about this you can drop it in the comment section and we have a nice day