Office 365 – Using distribution Groups for the first time

It is not always immediately obvious how to send an email to a Distribution Group for the first time.  The below explains how to do so, using the example of sending an email to the All Staff Distribution group.

1) Create a new blank email in the normal way.

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2) Click on the TO: button to open up the Address book.

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3) Click on the >> icon to open up the different directories.

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4)  Click on ALL DISTRIBUTION LISTS and find the email group you wish to send to.

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5) Once you find the group you wish to send to, click on the + icon next to the email group.  Then click SAVE.

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6)  The email Distribution group will now be added to the TO: line of your new email and you can proceed as normal.

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From now on, subsequent re-uses of this email group can be accessed by just typing a few characters of its name into the TO: field.