You network contains an on-premises Active Directory domain that syncs to a Microsoft 365 subscription. From the Microsoft Teams client, you create a new team named Sales. You need to ensure that the team includes all users in the company’s sales department. The solution must ensure that the new employees hired for the sales department are added automatically to the team. Which tool should you use to configure the membership of the Sales group?

The requirement to automatically add new sales department employees to the "Sales" team points to the need for dynamic membership. Dynamic membership rules for Microsoft 365 Groups (which provide the membership for Microsoft Teams) are configured in the Azure Active Directory admin center. An administrator can create a rule based on user attributes, such as user.department -eq "Sales". Azure AD will then automatically maintain the group's membership, adding or removing users as their department attribute changes, ensuring the team is always up-to-date without manual intervention.

A. Active Directory Users and Computers is used to manage on-premises AD attributes, but it cannot configure cloud-based dynamic group rules.

B. The Microsoft 365 admin center has limited group management capabilities; advanced features like dynamic membership rules are managed in Azure AD.

C. Azure AD Connect is a synchronization tool that replicates user attributes to the cloud; it does not configure group membership logic.

1. Microsoft Learn. (2024). Dynamic membership rules for groups in Azure Active Directory. This document provides a comprehensive overview of how to create rules for dynamic groups. It states

"You can create attribute-based rules to enable dynamic membership for a group in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)."

2. Microsoft Learn. (2024). Create or edit a dynamic group and get status. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for configuring dynamic membership in the Azure portal (Azure Active Directory admin center). Section "To create a dynamic group" details the process.

3. Microsoft Learn. (2024). Overview of Microsoft 365 Groups for administrators. This document clarifies that Teams are built on Microsoft 365 Groups and that group membership can be either assigned or dynamic.