ACTIVE DIRECTORY, EXCHANGE, distribution groups
i have around 60 to 70 distribution groups in on premise active directory which are synced through AAD sync to Azure AD.
i have been asked to find distribution groups which are stale not being used or sort by very less members to highest members
or find overlapping members in groups.
basically asked to clean the groups.
any idea which i should look what to clean in distribution groups
i have been asked to find distribution groups which are stale not being used or sort by very less members to highest members
or find overlapping members in groups.
basically asked to clean the groups.
any idea which i should look what to clean in distribution groups
any idea which i should look what to clean in distribution groups
Well what exactly are you trying to do? You listed several different scenarios in the original question, all of which require different approach. If you want to determine which DGs are "being used", you will have to query the message tracking logs, you can find an example here: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/a9ca95d8-16ec-4916-86b0-e1c6ced3521a/determine-the-last-time-distribution-group-recieved-email?forum=exchangesvradminlegacy
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istribution group members.
how can we find and export the name and members of every distribution list on our active directory so i can find in which distribution group the members are very low
how can we find and export the name and members of every distribution list on our active directory so i can find in which distribution group the members are very low
There are literally dozens of script out there that do just that. Here's a sample one: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Distribution-Group-Report-d32c4788
Or if you want to do it directly in O365: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/List-all-Users-Distribution-7f2013b2
Or if you want to do it directly in O365: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/List-all-Users-Distribution-7f2013b2
Here is my suggestion:
You pull the DG owners, send them an email and ask them to review, if they need these DG or members in the DG. As per the reply from DG owner, you take next action.
You pull the DG owners, send them an email and ask them to review, if they need these DG or members in the DG. As per the reply from DG owner, you take next action.
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Run the delta sync which will sync the required only DG's in O365.
and you are done.
Basically you will have to find the one's on your own which are not being used or does not have members in it or email addresses.