Changing Group Settings

Group settings can be updated from several different M365 apps. Below are instructions for the Outlook desktop app. 

 Only group owners can change group settings. 

 

 Open the Outlook desktop app. 

 In the navigation pane, under  Groups , select the group you want to change the settings for. 

 

 On the ribbon, select  Home > Group Settings > Edit Group . 

 

 The following group settings can be updates from the  Edit Group dialog. 

 

 Group name 

 Description 

 Privacy

 

 Private - private groups aren't open for everyone to join them and the group owners are the only ones that can add members. Only group members can access group content. 

 Public - public groups can be joined by everyone without approval from a group owner. Anyone can access group content. 

 

 

 Add/remove members 

 Delete the group 

 Let people outside of the organization email the group

 

 This setting allows people outside of A-State to send an email to the group. This option should be carefully considered as it will expose the group to possible SPAM messages. 

 

 

 Subscribe new members so they receive group emails in their inbox

 

 If enabled, anything sent to the group appears in user inboxes, including invitations to Teams meetings. 

 When you change this setting, the user preferences for all members of the group will automatically be updated. 

 

 

 Promote member to owner 

 Demote owner to a member 

 

 You cannot change the group email address or add aliases.