Hi folks,

We have AD synced with Online Exchange 2013. Dirsync is installed on AD. We would like to create a security group for a Distribution list(for instance: distribution list name is abc@abc.com and it is managed via a security group named "abc" ). How can this be achieved? I do see an option under Online Exchange console using browser-> Groups to create a new security group but it doesn't allow me to add the group created in AD-instead it ask us to create a new one. If we create a new one in Exchange online console- will it publish to our local AD?

Hi TR,

Thank you for your question.

Are there any errors when we could not add group which is in local AD.

When we could not add group which was created In AD, there are following options we could check:

1.        If current user who logon Exchange server has enough permission to add it
2.        The connection between Exchange server and AD

If we create a new DG in Exchange online, it will be published to local AD.

We could run the following command to create DG for abc.com:

New-DistributionGroup -Name "abc" -Alias abc -Type "Security" -MemberJoinRestriction open

We could refer to the following link to learn more about distribution group:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124513%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx

If there are any questions regarding this issue, please be free to let me know. 

Best Regard,

Jim