Upgrade-DistributionGroup
This cmdlet is available only in the cloud-based service.
Use the Upgrade-DistributionGroup cmdlet to upgrade distribution groups to Microsoft 365 Groups. This cmdlet only works on distribution groups, not mail-enabled security groups.
Note: Before you use this cmdlet, verify there are no email address policies that you created with the IncludeUnifiedGroupRecipients parameter; otherwise the command will fail. Remove and recreate the email address policies after you upgrade your distribution groups to Microsoft 365 Groups.
For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.
Syntax
Upgrade-DistributionGroup
[-DlIdentities] <MultiValuedProperty>
[-ActionType <String>]
[-ExecutingUser <RecipientIdParameter>]
[-Organization <OrganizationIdParameter>]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
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Examples
Example 1
Upgrade-DistributionGroup -DlIdentities [email protected],[email protected]This example upgrades the specified distribution groups to Microsoft 365 Groups.
Parameters
-ActionType
This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection |
-DlIdentities
The DlIdentities parameter specifies the email address of the distribution group that you want to upgrade to a Microsoft 365 Group.
You can specify multiple values separated by commas.
| Type: | MultiValuedProperty |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online |
-ExecutingUser
This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
| Type: | RecipientIdParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection |
-Organization
This parameter is reserved for internal Microsoft use.
| Type: | OrganizationIdParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection |