OneDrive share to distribution list

Hi dj562006,

Thanks for posting the query here in the community.

According to your description, you provided we want to confirm more detail about you mention “bring up groups that are in exchange but nothing local”

you may consider using another way to collaborate files with users. create a group in OneDrive for business library (on the left panel)->then add users as the members. after that, every file put in the group files center will be showed up for every user after they have navigated to the group from their OneDrive for business library.

To share a folder with a group of people, we also suggest you use SharePoint document library. 

Go to your team site, click "Settings" > "Add an app" > "Document library".
After you create the document library, you can upload your files to the library, click "Settings" > "Library settings" > "Permissions for this document library" > "Grant Permissions" > share the library with the users in that group.

Best Regards,

Waqas Muhammad

Hi dj562006,

Sorry for the misunderstanding, Yes, it is not feasible local distribution group, but available for the “online groups”. For example:

When you go to OWA(Outlook on the web), create a group site underGroups, after the site is created, go back to OneDrive for Business classic experience, you will see the new created group site displaying in it. (Note: the group site may not appear immediately, you may need to wait for some minutes and refresh the browser.) after that in OneDrive for business click on that group and select folder and file and at top ribbon bat click share.

I’d explain that, there are different group types Office 365 groups are used for collaboration between users, both inside and outside your company, Distribution groups are used for sending notifications to a group of people, Security groups are used for granting access to SharePoint resources., Mail-enabled security groups are used for granting access to SharePoint resources, and emailing notifications.

Best Regards,

Waqas Muhammad

Hi dj562006,

Have you check above reply? Please let us know if you need further help.

Best Regards,

Waqas Muhammad

Hi dj562006,

We totally understand that you want to share to a local distribution group, and as you mention, above is not consistent with yours requirement and we’re really sorry to say that we have limited resource at this movement, As a service, we are always trying to better customer's experience in using OneDrive, we would like to highly suggest you, regarding to your concern or requirement, you provide UserVoice for this function. This is the best way to make the product better for you and others. Many suggestions have been taken via this place; your UserVoice is always very important for us.

Note: High votes feedback can bring attention to the related team so that they can prioritize and focus on the requested feature.

We greatly appreciate your time and understanding.

Best Regards,

Waqas Muhammad