How To Enable Mail Enabled Security Group?

A mail-enabled security group is used for distributing messages and for granting access permissions to resources in Active Directory. You can enable (create) mail-enabled security groups using Exchange Admin Center (EAC). It takes around 2 to 5 minutes to complete the process. For detailed instructions about how to enable a mail-enabled security group, go through the steps below.

Using Exchange Online PowerShell

Step 1:

In general, the security group is created in the default OU and so anyone can join the group with approval from the group owners.

Step 2:

To begin with, type the following in the PowerShell window.

Step 3:

New-DistributionGroup -Name "File Server Managers" -Alias fsadmin -Type security

Step 4:

To review the information about the new mail-enabled security group, type the following command in PowerShell.

Step 5:

Get-DistributionGroup | Format-List Name,RecipientTypeDetails,PrimarySmtpAddress