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An Office 365 Group is a way to centralize membership for multiple Microsoft products in one place, and apply policies at the project or team level instead of each product. Using Office 365 groups, you can create a shared space to communicate, collaborate, and schedule events with colleagues on a shared task, project, or resource.

To instantly capture newly created groups, track changes to groups, and be alerted to deleted, orphaned, and empty groups, use the O365UnfiedgrpsTest test. This test auto-discovers the different types of Office 365 groups in the monitored tenant. For each type, the test reports the count of new, modified, soft-deleted, orphaned, and empty groups of that type. Detailed diagnostics of this test reveals which groups were created newly, modified recently, soft-deleted, orphaned, or empty. Moreover, the number of private and public groups of each type is reported along with detailed metrics revealing the names of the private and public groups. This information thus enables administrators to easily and efficiently manage Office 365 groups.

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each type of Office 365 group in the tenant being monitored.

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Modified_groups	Indicates the number of groups of this type that were modified during the last measurement period.	Number	Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which groups were modified and when.
Newly_created_groups	Indicates the number of groups of this type that were newly created during the last measurement period.	Number	Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which groups were created, when.
Soft_deleted_groups	Indicates the number of groups of this type that have been soft-deleted.	Number	If you have deleted an Office 365 group, by default it's retained for 30 days. This 30-day period is called “soft-delete” because you can still restore the group. After 30 days, the group and associated content is permanently deleted and cannot be restored. During the “soft-delete” period if a user tries to access the site they will get a 403 forbidden message. After this period if the user tries to access the site they will get a 404 not found message. Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which groups were soft-deleted and when.
Total_groups	Indicates the total number of this type.	Number
Public_groups	Indicates the number of public groups of this type.	Number	Anyone can see the content and conversations of a Public group. What is more, anyone can join such a group, without approval from a group owner.
Private_groups	Indicates the number of private groups of this type.	Number	In case of private groups, only members can see the content of those groups and joining such a group requires approval from a group owner.
Orphaned_groups	Indicates the number of groups of this type that are orphaned/ownerless.	Number	If a group owner leaves your company the group could find itself without an owner. Such a group is called an Orphaned group. The content in the group is unaffected by this - the content belongs to the group and isn't tied to the owner's account. But not having a group owner means there's nobody with permissions to manage the group.
Empty_groups	Indicates the number of groups of this type that are empty currently.	Number	Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to identify the empty groups. If any group is found to be empty for too long a time, you may want to delete such a group.
Groups_External	Indicates the number of groups of this type with external members.	Number	By default, owners and/or members of a group can invite external guests to join the group. An external guest is someone whose account and credentials are controlled outside of the Office 365 tenant. Such external guests/members cannot browse groups; instead, they can only access groups via the invitation mail. By default, these external guests can access files and OneNote within the group of which they are members. Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to know which groups have external guests.