A member of an Office 365 Group who has been granted Send as or Send on behalf permissions can now send email as the group, or on behalf of the group. This topic explains how an admin can set these permissions.
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For example, if Megan Bowen is part of the Training Office 365 Group, and has Send as permissions on the group, if she sends an email as the Office 365 Group, it will look like the Training group sent the email.
The Send on Behalf permission lets a user send email on behalf of an Office 365 Group. For example, if Alex Wilber is a part of the Marketing Office 365 Group, and has Send on Behalf permissions and sends an email as the group, the email looks like it was sent by Donald Forster on behalf of Marketing.
Important
You can configure Send as or Send on behalf for a given user, but not both. If you configure both, it will default to Send as.
Tip
Check out the steps in Send email from or on behalf of an Office 365 group to learn how to use Outlook and Outlook on the Web to send email from an Office 365 Group.
Allow members to send email as an Office 365 Group
This section explains how to allow users to send email as an Office 365 Group in the Exchange admin center (EAC) in Exchange Online.
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In the EAC, go to Recipients > Groups.
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Select Edit
on the Office 365 Group that you want to allow users to send as. -
Select group delegation.
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In the Send As section, choose the + sign to add the users that you want to send as the Office 365 Group.
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Type to search or pick a user from the list. Click OK and Save.
Allow members to send email on behalf of an Office 365 Group
This section explains how to allow users to send email on behalf of an Office 365 Group in the Exchange admin center (EAC) in Exchange Online.
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In the EAC, go to Recipients > Groups.
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Select Edit
on the Office 365 Group that you want to allow users to send as. -
Select group delegation.
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In the Send on Behalf section, choose the + sign to add the users that you want to send as the Office 365 Group.
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Type to search or pick a user from the list. Click OK and Save.
Related Guides
- Groups naming policy
- Office 365 Group Expiration Policy
- Manage creation of Groups
- Basic mailbox settings for Outlook and other email clients (POP/IMAP)
- Share calendars with external users
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