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The original owner may be unable to configure or manage the Distribution Group after you migrate an On-Premise Active Directory Distribution Group to a Exchange Online environment Distribution Group in Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite


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Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite

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Symptoms

After you migrate an On-Premise Active Directory Distribution Group to an Exchange Online environment Distribution Group in Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite, the original owner may be unable to configure or manage the Distribution Group.

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Cause

This behavior occurs because the Ownership entry is not migrated. You experience this behavior if the original owner was someone other than the Administrator of the Exchange Online environment.

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Workaround

All Online Company Administrators have the Ownership role. Therefore, the Administrator can manage the Distribution Groups whether they are newly created or are migrated into the Online environment.

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More information

On-Premise Active Directory Distribution Groups include Security Principal lists that outline the different roles and permissions available for a mail-enabled Distribution Group. In addition to the other default roles, the Ownership entry displays who owns the management features of the Distribution Group.

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References

For more information about Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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Keywords: KB956960, kbmigrate, kbtshoot, kbprb, kbexpertiseinter, kbconfig, kbactivedirectory

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Article Info
Article ID : 956960
Revision : 6
Created on : 9/22/2008
Published on : 9/22/2008
Exists online : False
Views : 469