Purpose: This article will discuss Microsoft distribution groups and their use at the university.
Non-administrators can control the distribution groups that they are part of by using the Microsoft Exchange Admin center.
If the portal link does not work, users can also find the admin center by logging into the university's Microsoft 365 Outlook web portal. Use your university credentials to log in. If you are having trouble with your password, please reset it at the university's Identity Management web portal.
MS Distribution Groups
Access the Microsoft Exchange Admin center to manage Distribution groups you are part of.
Manually navigating to the portal
Once logged in open the gear icon in the upper right-hand corner and select Settings.
In the Settings window select General on the left. Select Distribution groups in the middle section. On the right-hand side of the window, select this portal and it will open the Microsoft Exchange Admin center.
To learn how to manage Distribution groups, such as adding yourself to them and removing yourself from them by visiting Microsoft's Distribution groups documentation.
Distribution groups are not the same as Microsoft 365 Groups. Microsoft 365 Groups are used throughout the MS 365 tenant in Teams, OneDrive and other Microsoft collaboration tools and may be an option, depending on what you are trying to do. To learn more about Microsoft 365 Groups please see Learn about Microsoft 365 Groups.