Edit Membership

You can edit the members of the Owners group, Members group, and Guests group of a Microsoft 365 groups in Group Details.

Improve your governance with this simple solution to manage access to your Microsoft 365 Groups.

Index

• Access a group's details
• Add a member to your Owners group, Guests group, or Members group
• Edit members and owners
  • Move a member or owner
  • Remove a member or owner
• Edit Guests
  • Remove a guest

Access a group's details

To access Group details, follow the steps below:

1. Click on Groups in the top menu.
2. Click on the group for which you want to edit the membership.
3. Group details will appear on screen.
4. Your Membership settings will be at the right.

Add a member to your Owners group

1. Click on  next to the desired group (Owners, Guests, Members).
2. Start typing the name of the user you are looking for in the search field that appears.
3. Click on the name of the user you want to add when you see it.

Note: When you add an owner to an orphaned group, the app will suggest three users. These potential owners are the last active users based on the Teams and Outlook activity of the group.

Tip: Owners can be added directly from the Groups page so you can add owners to your orphaned groups with ease. To add owners in the Groups page hover your mouse over the desired group and click on in the member column.

Add a member to your Guests group or Members group

1. Click on  next to the desired group (Owners, Guests, Members).
2. Start typing the name of the user you are looking for in the search field that appears.
3. Click on the name of the user you want to add when you see it.

Edit members and owners

You can move and remove members and owners from their respective sections.

Move a member or owner

1. Click on the menu button  next to a user to open the dropdown menu.
2. Select Assign as member or Assign as owner depending on the group your user is currently a member of.

Remove a member or owner

1. Click on the menu button  next to a user to open the dropdown menu.
2. Select Remove from group.

Add an owner to the Do not disturb list

1. Click on the menu button  next to an owner to open the dropdown menu.
2. Select Put on the Do not disturb list.

Edit Guests

Guests can only be added or removed.

Remove a guest

1. Hover your mouse over the user you wish to remove in the Guests section.
2. click on .