In Exchange Online, mail-enabled distribution groups can be inherited by mailboxes, mail users, and mail contacts through categories.

For more information, see the One Identity Manager Administration Guide for Connecting to Azure Active Directory.

To use inheritance through categories

1. In the Manager, define the categories in the Azure Active Directory tenant.

   Editing Azure Active Directory tenant main data

   To edit Azure Active Directory tenant main data

   1. In the Manager, select the Azure Active Directory > Tenants category.

   2. In the result list, select the Azure Active Directory tenant.

   3. Select the Change main data task.

   4. Edit the Azure Active Directory tenant's main data.

   5. Save the changes.

2. In the Manager, assign categories to mailboxes, mail users, and mail contacts through their main data.

3. In the Manager, assign categories to mail-enabled distribution groups through their main data.

Related topics

• General main data for Exchange Online mailboxes
• Main data for Exchange Online mail users
• Main data for Exchange Online mail contacts
• Main data for Exchange Online mail-enabled distribution groups