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AADGroup

Parameters

Parameter Attribute DataType Description Allowed Values
DisplayName Key String DisplayName of the Azure Active Directory Group
MailNickname Key String Specifies a mail nickname for the group.
Description Write String Specifies a description for the group.
Id Write String Specifies an ID for the group.
Owners Write StringArray[] User Service Principal values for the group's owners.
Members Write StringArray[] User Service Principal values for the group's members.
GroupAsMembers Write StringArray[] Displayname values for the groups member of the group.
MemberOf Write StringArray[] DisplayName values for the groups that this group is a member of.
GroupLifecyclePolicySelectedEnabled Write Boolean Specifies if the current group is part of a selected Group Lifecycle Policy configuration. Only applicable for Microsoft 365 Groups.
GroupTypes Write StringArray[] Specifies the type of the group. To create a security group, leave empty. To create a dynamic membership security group, specify DynamicMembership. To create a Microsoft 365 (aka Unified) group, specify Unified. To create a Microsoft 365 dynamic membership group, specify both Unified and DynamicMembership.
MembershipRule Write String Specifies the membership rule for a dynamic group.
MembershipRuleProcessingState Write String Specifies the rule processing state. The acceptable values for this parameter are: On. Process the group rule or Paused. Stop processing the group rule. On, Paused
SecurityEnabled Required Boolean Specifies whether the group is security enabled. For security groups, this value must be $True.
MailEnabled Required Boolean Specifies whether this group is mail enabled. Currently, you cannot create mail enabled groups in Microsoft Graph, instead the EXODistributionGroup resource can be used.
IsAssignableToRole Write Boolean Specifies whether this group can be assigned a role. Only available when creating a group and can't be modified after group is created.
AssignedToRole Write StringArray[] DisplayName values for the roles that the group is assigned to.
Visibility Write String This parameter determines the visibility of the group's content and members list. Public, Private, HiddenMembership
AssignedLicenses Write MSFT_AADGroupLicense[] List of Licenses assigned to the group.
Ensure Write String Specify if the Azure AD Group should exist or not. Present, Absent
Credential Write PSCredential Credentials for the Microsoft Graph delegated permissions.
ApplicationId Write String Id of the Azure Active Directory application to authenticate with.
TenantId Write String Id of the Azure Active Directory tenant used for authentication.
ApplicationSecret Write PSCredential Secret of the Azure Active Directory application to authenticate with.
CertificateThumbprint Write String Thumbprint of the Azure Active Directory application's authentication certificate to use for authentication.
ManagedIdentity Write Boolean Managed ID being used for authentication.
AccessTokens Write StringArray[] Access token used for authentication.

Embedded Instances

MSFT_AADGroupLicense

Parameters

Parameter Attribute DataType Description Allowed Values
DisabledPlans Write StringArray[] A collection of the unique identifiers for plans that have been disabled.
SkuId Required String The unique identifier for the SKU.

Description

This resource configures an Entra Security group, or a Microsoft 365 group, with either assigned or dynamic membership. IMPORTANT: It does not support mail enabled security groups or mail enabled groups that are not unified or dynamic groups. Instead the EXODistributionGroup resource can be used. To configure the mail related attributes of a Microsoft 365 (Unified) group after it is created, the EXOGroupSettings resource can be used.

If using with AADUser, be aware that if AADUser->MemberOf is being specified and the referenced group is configured with AADGroup->Member then a conflict may arise if the two don't match. It is usually best to choose only one of them. See AADUser

Permissions

Microsoft Graph

To authenticate with the Microsoft Graph API, this resource requires the following permissions:

Delegated permissions

  • Read
  • Application.Read.All, Device.Read.All, Directory.Read.All, Group.Read.All, ReportSettings.Read.All

  • Update

  • Application.Read.All, Device.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, Organization.Read.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory, User.Read.All, ReportSettings.ReadWrite.All

Application permissions

  • Read
  • Application.Read.All, Device.Read.All, Directory.Read.All, Group.Read.All, ReportSettings.Read.All

  • Update

  • Application.Read.All, Device.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, Organization.Read.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory, User.Read.All, ReportSettings.ReadWrite.All

Examples

Example 1

This example is used to test new resources and showcase the usage of new resources being worked on. It is not meant to use as a production baseline.

Configuration Example
{
    param(
        [Parameter()]
        [System.String]
        $ApplicationId,

        [Parameter()]
        [System.String]
        $TenantId,

        [Parameter()]
        [System.String]
        $CertificateThumbprint
    )
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName Microsoft365DSC

    node localhost
    {
        AADGroup 'MyGroups'
        {
            DisplayName     = "DSCGroup"
            Description     = "Microsoft DSC Group"
            SecurityEnabled = $True
            MailEnabled     = $True
            GroupTypes      = @("Unified")
            MailNickname    = "M365DSC"
            Members         = @("admin@$TenantId", "AdeleV@$TenantId")
            Visibility      = "Private"
            Owners          = @("admin@$TenantId", "AdeleV@$TenantId")
            Ensure          = "Present"
            ApplicationId         = $ApplicationId
            TenantId              = $TenantId
            CertificateThumbprint = $CertificateThumbprint
        }
    }
}

Example 2

This example is used to test new resources and showcase the usage of new resources being worked on. It is not meant to use as a production baseline.

Configuration Example
{
    param(
        [Parameter()]
        [System.String]
        $ApplicationId,

        [Parameter()]
        [System.String]
        $TenantId,

        [Parameter()]
        [System.String]
        $CertificateThumbprint
    )
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName Microsoft365DSC
    node localhost
    {
        AADGroup 'MyGroups'
        {
            DisplayName      = "DSCGroup"
            Description      = "Microsoft DSC Group Updated" # Updated Property
            SecurityEnabled  = $True
            MailEnabled      = $True
            GroupTypes       = @("Unified")
            MailNickname     = "M365DSC"
            Members          = @("AdeleV@$TenantId")
            Visibility       = "Private"
            Owners           = @("admin@$TenantId", "AdeleV@$TenantId")
            AssignedLicenses = @(
                MSFT_AADGroupLicense {
                    SkuId          = 'AAD_PREMIUM_P2'
                }
            )
            Ensure           = "Present"
            ApplicationId         = $ApplicationId
            TenantId              = $TenantId
            CertificateThumbprint = $CertificateThumbprint
        }
    }
}

Example 3

This example is used to test new resources and showcase the usage of new resources being worked on. It is not meant to use as a production baseline.

Configuration Example
{
    param(
        [Parameter()]
        [System.String]
        $ApplicationId,

        [Parameter()]
        [System.String]
        $TenantId,

        [Parameter()]
        [System.String]
        $CertificateThumbprint
    )
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName Microsoft365DSC

    node localhost
    {
        AADGroup 'MyGroups'
        {
            MailNickname    = "M365DSC"
            SecurityEnabled = $True
            MailEnabled     = $True
            DisplayName     = "DSCGroup"
            Ensure          = "Absent"
            ApplicationId         = $ApplicationId
            TenantId              = $TenantId
            CertificateThumbprint = $CertificateThumbprint
        }
    }
}