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Hi All

i am using exchange 2016 hybrid environment. i have a mail enabled security group in exchange onprem lets say mesg1@contoso.com. when i am trying to add one user as a owner lets say user1 i am getting the below error.

You don't have sufficient permissions. This operation can only be performed by a manager of the group.

Answer 1

Hi,@Rising Flight

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

Based on your description, you seem to be experiencing permission issues.I checked the official documentation, which provides two solutions.1.You may lack the following permissions:

2.Add yourself to the attribute ManagedBy

You can refer to this link for the exact method:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/troubleshoot/groups-and-distribution-lists/no-sufficient-permissions-moving-dg?source=recommendations

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Answer 2

Use powershell and bypass the manager requirement

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/update-distributiongroupmember?view=exchange-ps

Update-DistributionGroupMember -Identity "Research Reports" -Members chris@contoso.com,michelle@contoso.com,laura@contoso.com,julia@contoso.com -BypassSecurityGroupManagerCheck