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spo group add

Creates group in the specified site

Usage​

m365 spo group add [options]

Options​

-u, --webUrl <webUrl>

URL of the site where the group should be added.

-n, --name <name>

Name of the group to add.

--description [description]

The description for the group.

--allowMembersEditMembership [allowMembersEditMembership]

Who can edit the membership of the group? When true members can edit membership, otherwise only owners can do this. Default false.

--onlyAllowMembersViewMembership [onlyAllowMembersViewMembership]

Who can view the membership of the group? When false everyone can view the group membership, otherwise only group members can. Default true.

--allowRequestToJoinLeave [allowRequestToJoinLeave]

Specify whether to allow users to request membership in this group and allow users to request to leave the group. Default false.

--autoAcceptRequestToJoinLeave [autoAcceptRequestToJoinLeave]

If auto-accept is enabled, users will automatically be added or removed when they make a request. Default false.

--requestToJoinLeaveEmailSetting [requestToJoinLeaveEmailSetting]

All membership requests will be sent to the email address specified.

-h, --help [help]

Output usage information. Optionally, specify which section of command's help you want to see. Allowed values are options, examples, remarks, permissions, response, full. Default is options.

--query [query]

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

-o, --output [output]

Output type. json, text, csv, md, none. Default json.

--verbose

Runs command with verbose logging.

--debug

Runs command with debug logging.

Examples​

Create group with title and description

m365 spo group add --webUrl https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x --name "Project leaders" --description "This group contains all project leaders"

Create group with membership requests

m365 spo group add --webUrl https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x --name "Project leaders" --allowRequestToJoinLeave true --requestToJoinLeaveEmailSetting john.doe@contoso.com

Response​

{
  "Id": 37,
  "IsHiddenInUI": false,
  "LoginName": "Project leaders",
  "Title": "Project leaders",
  "PrincipalType": 8,
  "AllowMembersEditMembership": false,
  "AllowRequestToJoinLeave": false,
  "AutoAcceptRequestToJoinLeave": false,
  "Description": "This group contains all project leaders",
  "OnlyAllowMembersViewMembership": true,
  "OwnerTitle": "Jon Doe",
  "RequestToJoinLeaveEmailSetting": null
}