O365Group

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
DisplayName	Key	String	The display name for the group.
MailNickName	Key	String	The group's Internal Name.
ManagedBy	Write	StringArray[]	The group's owner user principal.
Description	Write	String	The group's description.
Members	Write	StringArray[]	Members of the group.
Ensure	Write	String	Present ensures the group exists, absent ensures it is removed.	Present, Absent
Credential	Write	PSCredential	Credentials of the Global Admin
ApplicationId	Write	String	Id of the Azure Active Directory application to authenticate with.
TenantId	Write	String	Name of the Azure Active Directory tenant used for authentication. Format contoso.onmicrosoft.com
ApplicationSecret	Write	PSCredential	Secret of the Azure Active Directory application used for authentication.
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.

Description

This resource allows users to create Office 365 Users and assign them licenses.

Permissions

Microsoft Graph

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

Delegated permissions

• Read

  • Group.Read.All

• Update

  • Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, User.Read.All

Application permissions

• Read

  • Group.Read.All

• Update

  • Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, User.Read.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(Mandatory = $true)]
        [PSCredential]
        $Credscredential
    )
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName Microsoft365DSC

    node localhost
    {
        O365Group 'OttawaTeamGroup'
        {
            DisplayName        = "Ottawa Employees"
            MailNickName       = "OttawaEmployees"
            Description        = "This is only for employees of the Ottawa Office"
            ManagedBy          = "TenantAdmin@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
            Members            = @("Bob.Houle", "John.Smith")
            Ensure             = "Present"
            Credential         = $Credscredential
        }
    }
}