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What is the difference between creating shared mailbox and a distribution list in Office 365. &nbsp;I typically used a shared mailbox but was told we needed to make a distributions group. &nbsp;I am trying to understand what really is the difference?<br><br>Is the main difference purely the mailbox itself?&nbsp; Is the dist group just simply an email address that forwards to everyone in the list?
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What is the difference between creating shared mailbox and a distribution list in Office 365.  I typically used a shared mailbox but was told we needed to make a distributions group.  I am trying to understand what really is the difference?
Is the main difference purely the mailbox itself?  Is the dist group just simply an email address that forwards to everyone in the list?

Create distribution list of shared group in office 365?

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Office 365 is a group of software plus services subscriptions that provides productivity software and related services to its subscribers. Office 365 allows the use of Microsoft Office apps on Windows and OS X, provides storage space on Microsoft's cloud storage service OneDrive, and grants 60 Skype minutes per month. Office 365 includes e-mail and social networking services through hosted versions of Exchange Server, Skype for Business Server, SharePoint and Office Online, integration with Yammer, as well as access to the Office software. All of Office 365's components can be managed and configured through an online portal; users can be added manually, imported from a CSV file, or Office 365 can be set up for single sign-on with a local Active Directory using Active Directory Federation Services.