Dynamic Distribution List or M365 group

Question

Hello,

Got a problem and hopefully someone can help me out.

In our company we are leaving normal Distribution List to adopt Dynamic ones, all works great except normal users can't see members of those DDLs

So we tried a different approach, to use a M365 with dynamic rules, here we can see members if needed.

Problem is they can access to group onenote, sharepoint and planner

First 2 were easy, we just took off main group from memberhsip in sharepoint, but planner seems to be "impossible" to remove.

Anyone has a different approach on how to create DDLs?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi,@Silva Eduardo (ITO1-PT; ITLS-PT)

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

In Microsoft Exchange and Office 365, Dynamic Distribution Lists (DDLs) are visible to end users in a different way than regular distribution lists. Regular users really can't see the Dynamic Distribution Lists.

If normal users want to see the DDLs, you can let the administrator export the DDL and share it with them.This method can be a bit tricky.

$group = Get-DynamicDistributionGroup “Dynamic Distribution Group Name”
$members | Select-Object Name,PrimarySmtpAddress
$members | Select-Object Name,PrimarySmtpAddress | Export-Csv "C:\Output.csv" -NoTypeInformation

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Answer 2

Thanks Bruce, appreciate but we have important VIP DL and those people assistants want to see the people in the list very often.

I understand the only option to see members would be to create a M365 group, but that comes with sharepoint site, onenote and planner, I was already able to stop users accessing onenote and sharepoint, any idea how to do the same to planner? I really dont find a way.

Thanks!