Microsoft 365 Groups and Collaboration Flashcards

Which type of Microsoft 365 Group provides a shared workspace that includes a mailbox, calendar, SharePoint site, and Teams channel?

Answer: Microsoft 365 Group

A Microsoft 365 Group provides an integrated collaboration workspace including a shared mailbox, calendar, SharePoint document library, OneNote notebook, Planner, and optional Teams channel.

An administrator wants to prevent users from creating Microsoft 365 Groups unless they belong to a specific security group. Which PowerShell cmdlet should be used?

Answer: Set-AzureADDirectorySetting

Set-AzureADDirectorySetting (or its Microsoft Graph equivalent) is used to configure the GroupCreationAllowedGroupId setting that restricts Microsoft 365 Group creation to members of a specified security group.

What is the default behavior when a Microsoft 365 Group owner leaves the organization and no other owners remain?

Answer: Microsoft 365 automatically assigns the next most active member as owner

Microsoft 365 uses activity-based heuristics to automatically assign ownership to the most active member when a group becomes ownerless to prevent orphaned groups.

Which Exchange Online PowerShell cmdlet is used to view all Microsoft 365 Groups in an organization?

Answer: Get-UnifiedGroup

Get-UnifiedGroup is the Exchange Online PowerShell cmdlet specifically designed to retrieve Microsoft 365 Groups (formerly Office 365 Groups) and their properties.

A company wants to ensure Microsoft 365 Groups are deleted if they are inactive for 180 days. Which feature should be configured?

Answer: Microsoft 365 Groups Expiration Policy

The Microsoft 365 Groups Expiration Policy in Azure AD allows administrators to set a lifetime for groups, after which group owners must renew the group or it will be automatically deleted.

How can an administrator configure a Microsoft 365 Group so that external users can be invited to collaborate?

Answer: Set-UnifiedGroup -RequireSenderAuthenticationEnabled $false and configure Azure AD B2B settings

Allowing external collaboration requires setting RequireSenderAuthenticationEnabled to $false on the group AND ensuring Azure AD external collaboration (B2B) settings allow guest invitations.

What happens to a Microsoft 365 Group's mailbox, SharePoint site, and Teams channel when the group is deleted?

Answer: They are retained for 30 days in a soft-delete state and can be restored

Deleted Microsoft 365 Groups enter a soft-delete state for 30 days during which they can be fully restored with all associated resources including mailbox, SharePoint site, and Teams channel.