Contact groups, or distribution lists, are a fast way to send a message to multiple email recipients, especially groups you repeatedly contact.

Training: Watch and learn how to create an email contact group in Outlook so you can email the group instead of sending individual emails.

Microsoft 365 Groups are similar to distribution groups in that they allow you to communicate with multiple people in one email message, and they also come with a shared mailbox, calendar, …

A Microsoft 365 Group lets you work with your friends, family or colleagues on a common goal: You can send messages to the group, share files, and schedule events on a group calendar. You can add …

Use a contact group (formerly called a “distribution list”) to send an email to multiple people—a project team, a committee, or even just a group of friends—without having to add each name each time you …

A contact group (formerly called a "distribution list") is a collection of email addresses. You can use a contact group to send an email message or meeting invitation to all the addresses at once.

Contact lists are sometimes referred to as distribution lists. For example, create a contact list named My Book Club and add all the members of your book club to it. When you want to send an email …

Learn how to add and remove group members and to promote and demote group owners in Microsoft 365.

Once you've created a Microsoft 365 Group, use Edit Group to make updates to its photo, name, email address, description, settings, and members. You can delete a group and all of its content on the …

Share an Outlook mailing list, known as a contact group or distribution list, with other people by including it in the body of an email message.

Microsoft 365 Groups share a group email address that sends messages to the entire group. But Microsoft 365 Groups aren't contact lists, otherwise known as distribution lists. A contact list is simply …