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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, response, full. Default is full.
--query [query]
JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples
-o, --output [output]
Output type. json,text,csv,md. 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