Groups (for W&L employees) in Microsoft 365 let you choose a set of people that you wish to collaborate with and easily set up a collection of resources for those people to share such as a shared Outlook inbox, shared calendar or a document library for collaborating on files. They are quick to set up and you can create Groups from a variety of tools including Outlook, Outlook on the web, and Outlook Mobile.
Groups are often set up and abandoned after running their course for a specific project, initiative, or purpose. As a result, ITS will be automatically removing Groups that have been inactive for more than 180 days.
The Group owners will be notified at 30 days, 15 days, and 1 day before the group expires and have 30 days to “recover” the Group after having been deleted. If the Group owner has left the university, the Office 365 administrators will be notified. If the owner wants to keep the Group, there is a “renew group” link in the notice (see below) that will reset the 180-day clock.
Group Email Notice of Inactivity
As always, should you have questions about any update, please contact the Helpdesk at X4357 or help@wlu.edu.
