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Add-PnPEntraIDGroupOwner

SYNOPSIS

Required Permissions

  • Microsoft Graph API: All of Group.ReadWrite.All, User.ReadWrite.All

Adds users to the owners of an Entra ID group. This can be a security or Microsoft 365 group. Distribution lists are not currently supported by Graph API.

SYNTAX

Add-PnPEntraIDGroupOwner -Identity <EntraIDGroupPipeBind> -Users <String[]> [-Connection <PnPConnection>]

DESCRIPTION

Allows to add users to owners of an Entra ID Group. This can be a security, distribution or Microsoft 365 group.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Add-PnPEntraIDGroupOwner -Identity "Project Team" -Users "john@contoso.onmicrosoft.com","jane@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"

Adds the provided two users as additional owners to the Entra ID group named "Project Team".

EXAMPLE 2

Add-PnPEntraIDGroupOwner -Identity "Project Team" -Users "125eaa87-7b54-41fd-b30f-2adfa68c4afe"

Sets the provided security group as owner of the Entra ID group name "Project Team".

PARAMETERS

-Connection

Optional connection to be used by the cmdlet. Retrieve the value for this parameter by either specifying -ReturnConnection on Connect-PnPOnline or by executing Get-PnPConnection.

Type: PnPConnection
Parameter Sets: (All)
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Identity

The Identity of the Entra ID group to add owners to.

Type: EntraIDGroupPipeBind
Parameter Sets: (All)

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Users

The UPN(s) of the user(s) to add to the Entra ID group as a member.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

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