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Posted on by Matthew Perren 33

I created a Security Group in my client's M365 Admin Centre with the intention of applying permissions in BC (now User Groups are on the way out). But it's not coming through into BC. It's not on the list of groups I can access.

 

The more I look at the groups that are available in BC the more I see in Entra that are also not available and I can't work out why. I think it's because they don't have members with BC licences.

 

I wondered if the group I created isn't showing up because - with GDAP - I'm almost certainly not a M365 Admin in my client's tenant. But then I asked my client (who is an Admin) to create a group and theirs isn't available either.

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 89,830 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
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    Same question: Solved: Security Groups
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    Matthew Perren 33 on at
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    Yeah. I don't know why the full text is hidden. Or, indeed, why you can't delete a post once you've posted it.
    Full text is:
     
    I created a Security Group in my client's M365 Admin Centre with the intention of applying permissions in BC (now User Groups are on the way out). But it's not coming through into BC. It's not on the list of groups I can access.
    The more I look at the groups that are available in BC the more I see in Entra that are also not available and I can't work out why. I think it's because they don't have members with BC licences.
    I wondered if the group I created isn't showing up because - with GDAP - I'm almost certainly not a M365 Admin in my client's tenant. But then I asked my client (who is an Admin) to create a group and theirs isn't available either.

    Incidentally, the answer is that BC only shows you the first 60 Security Groups that qualify (i.e. have BC Licenced Members). If your group is 61 onwards you have to copy it's name and paste it into the the "Microsoft Entra Security Group" field on the "New Security Group" popup. This then successfully connects to the Group in Entra. 
    Infuriating.
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    Valentin Castravet 28,359 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
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    Is part of your post missing? The question is not fully clear. 
     

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