Pushing Okta Groups to Microsoft Office 365 as Distribution Lists
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Okta Integration Network
Okta Classic Engine
Okta Identity Engine
Overview
Okta does not support pushing native Okta groups to Microsoft Office 365 as distribution lists because Okta only creates security groups in the target application. Administrators must create distribution groups in Active Directory (AD) and synchronize them to Microsoft Office 365 using Universal Sync.
Applies To
- Okta Identity Engine (OIE)
- Okta Classic Engine
- Microsoft Office 365
- Group Push
- Active Directory (AD)
Cause
Solution
Is it possible to push an Okta group to Microsoft Office 365 as a distribution list?
Okta does not support pushing native Okta groups to Microsoft Office 365 as distribution lists. Review the following limitations and requirements for pushing groups to Microsoft Office 365.
- Okta does not support multiple group types and cannot directly create distribution groups.
- Okta creates all pushed Okta groups as security groups in Microsoft Office 365.
- Administrators can synchronize distribution lists to Microsoft Office 365 only when Universal Sync is enabled.
- Distribution lists require AD groups as their source. Administrators must create the distribution groups in AD to synchronize them from AD into Microsoft Office 365 via Okta.
