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How to remove the Welcome Message when a new member joins a group.
We are moving from an on-premise Exchange 2013 environment (using Hybrid) and we have to move our DLs to the cloud. I can create them through powershell as a distribution group, but that does not wr...
You can use the following command to suppress the welcome message for any new users added to the group as a member. The default value will be set to true for this parameter. So you will need to pass "false" as the value to suppress the welcome message.
Set-UnifiedGroup <groupname> -UnifiedGroupWelcomeMessageEnabled:$<true/false>
I'm not aware of any method to bypass the message. cfiessinger might be able to help or take some feedback on this.
Siva Shanmugam
Microsoft
MicrosoftYou can use the following command to suppress the welcome message for any new users added to the group as a member. The default value will be set to true for this parameter. So you will need to pass "false" as the value to suppress the welcome message.
Set-UnifiedGroup <groupname> -UnifiedGroupWelcomeMessageEnabled:$<true/false>
- Hi, is there a way to disable this property through Graph API?
Can I switch off Welcome Messages in a Private ordinary FB Group?? There is nowhere that I can insert or modify code that I am currently aware of. Sorry that it is such a mundane question.
Siva Shanmugam Hi, I don't know where to enter thiscommande, and am afraid it wouldbe accessible only to some kind of Teams admins. Is that right? else can you provide some additional guidance pls?
gellionh You have to open an Exchange Online Powershell window and run that command in it. Although this issue is happening when you add users to a Team/SharePoint site, it's the Exchange "Group" that's attached to the Team where this setting actually exists.
Siva Shanmugam Is this working on Non-Profit and GOV tenants as well ?
Hello Everyone,
Even after executing the below command successfully against my O365 Group -I see that the users are getting the invite email. Can you please confirm if this command really works
Set-UnifiedGroup -Identity testOGroupB -UnifiedGroupWelcomeMessageEnabled:$false
Thanks & Regards,
Bhanu
As per your screenshot, the email came to your O365 group. Custom powershell prevents sending email to actual email.
Suppose -UnifiedGroupWelcomeMessageEnabled switch is not available in our environment and we cannot disable it.
What could be the solution ?
Here is how I did switch off/on the new group member welcome message.
First of all, you need to connect to the O365 Exchange Server Online.
1. Open Windows PowerShell command window as Administrator2. Run the command: $UserCredential = Get-Credential
3. Run the command: $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection
4. Run the command: Import-PSSession $Session
5. Set-UnifiedGroup "MyGropuName" -UnifiedGroupWelcomeMessageEnabled:$false
(For switching on the Welcome message, the same command but "$true" in the end.)Can this be done across the board for all groups or does it have to be done individually?
This is exactly what I am looking for, just to confirm, this is a Cmdlet run at Windows PowerShell - correct?
Actually, I did add the "Identify" parameter and tried the following command, but it was not recognized under PowerShell, any ideas where I need to correct this?
PS C:\> Set-UnifiedGroup -Identify "MyGroupName" -UnifiedGroupWelcomeMEssageEnable:$falseError:
Set-UnifiedGroup : The term 'Set-UnifiedGroup' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try
again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Set-UnifiedGroup -Identify "MyGroupName" - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Set-UnifiedGroup:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundExceptionYou need to connect to ExO PowerShell first: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj984289(v=exchg.160).aspx
Worked as you guided - thanks a lot!
Great update! Did this parameter just get released? It is not currently listed on the supporting technet page for Set-UnifiedGroup.
- Siva Shanmugam
We are in the process of updating the technet documentation. You will have the documentation updated soon.
Siva Shanmugam Is it possible to set this command for any/all groups both present and future. There is no way to do this with a newly created dynamic group prior to the notification being sent out. I can only disable it after the fact for any new members that get added to the group. Right now the only workaround is to first the create the group as an assigned member group, then disable the notification email, then go back in and convert it to a dynamic group and add members through a rule set. Also, there's no way to adjust the privacy settings when creating a group in AAD and they can't be set after the group is created. Currently you have to create the group through the web admin portal for O365 to even be able to see the option to change the privacy settings on the group when creating it.
Seems it's a recent addition indeed. I checked all the parameters available for Set-UnifiedGroup in my PowerShell session before posting the other day. Anyway, great news indeed!
Thank you so much Siva. That worked great. This will help tremedously.
Jason
