Microsoft Entra ID
GeneralGroups Create Rule
In brief
The documentation now explains that unsupported properties can be saved while processing is paused, but trigger a Processing error when processing resumes. During that error, membership remains at the last successful evaluation and no new members are added.
What Entra admins need to know
Users who should join the group may not receive policies or assignments targeted to it.
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- After you finish updating the rule, select Save.
Turn on or off the welcome email
When an admin creates a new Microsoft 365 group, the users who are added to the group receive a welcome email notification. Later, if any attributes of a user or device (only for security groups) change, all rules for dynamic membership groups in the organization are processed for changes. Users who are added then also receive the welcome notification.
:::image type="content" source="./media/groups-create-rule/processing-error.png" alt-text="Screenshot of an alert that says dynamic group memberships have not been updated due to system delays.":::
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Turn on or off the welcome email
When an admin creates a new Microsoft 365 group, the users who are added to the group receive a welcome email notification. Later, if any attributes of a user or device (only for security groups) change, all rules for dynamic membership groups in the organization are processed for changes. Users who are added then also receive the welcome notification.
:::image type="content" source="./media/groups-create-rule/processing-error.png" alt-text="Screenshot of an alert that says dynamic group memberships have not been updated due to system delays.":::
While the status is Processing error, membership isn't updated. Members from the last successful evaluation stay in the group, and no new members are added. If the group is used to target policies or assignments, users who should have joined it aren't covered.
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@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ If the rule that you entered isn't valid, the portal displays an explanation of 1. After you finish updating the rule, select **Save**. +> [!NOTE]+> When processing is on, a rule that references an unsupported property can't be saved. If processing is paused for the group, the rule is saved anyway, and the error appears only after you resume processing, when the status changes to **Processing error**.+ ## Turn on or off the welcome email When an admin creates a new Microsoft 365 group, the users who are added to the group receive a welcome email notification. Later, if any attributes of a user or device (only for security groups) change, all rules for dynamic membership groups in the organization are processed for changes. Users who are added then also receive the welcome notification.@@ -126,6 +129,8 @@ If an error occurs during processing of the membership rule for a specific group :::image type="content" source="./media/groups-create-rule/processing-error.png" alt-text="Screenshot of an alert that says dynamic group memberships have not been updated due to system delays."::: +While the status is **Processing error**, membership isn't updated. Members from the last successful evaluation stay in the group, and no new members are added. If the group is used to target policies or assignments, users who should have joined it aren't covered.+ ## Related content