Get-MgGroup
Get the properties and relationships of a group object. This operation returns by default only a subset of all the available properties, as noted in the Properties section. To get properties that aren't_ returned by default, specify them in a $select OData query option. The hasMembersWithLicenseErrors and isArchived properties are an exception and aren't returned in the $select query.
Note
To view the beta release of this cmdlet, view Get-MgBetaGroup
Syntax
List (Default)
Get-MgGroup
[-ExpandProperty <String[]>]
[-Property <String[]>]
[-Filter <String>]
[-Search <String>]
[-Skip <Int32>]
[-Sort <String[]>]
[-Top <Int32>]
[-ConsistencyLevel <String>]
[-ResponseHeadersVariable <String>]
[-Headers <IDictionary>]
[-PageSize <Int32>]
[-All]
[-CountVariable <String>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Get
Get-MgGroup
-GroupId <String>
[-ExpandProperty <String[]>]
[-Property <String[]>]
[-ResponseHeadersVariable <String>]
[-Headers <IDictionary>]
[<CommonParameters>]
GetViaIdentity
Get-MgGroup
-InputObject <IGroupsIdentity>
[-ExpandProperty <String[]>]
[-Property <String[]>]
[-ResponseHeadersVariable <String>]
[-Headers <IDictionary>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
Get the properties and relationships of a group object. This operation returns by default only a subset of all the available properties, as noted in the Properties section. To get properties that aren't_ returned by default, specify them in a $select OData query option. The hasMembersWithLicenseErrors and isArchived properties are an exception and aren't returned in the $select query.
Permissions
Permission type | Permissions (from least to most privileged) |
---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | GroupMember.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Directory.Read.All, |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported |
Application | GroupMember.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Directory.Read.All, |
Examples
Example 1: Get a list of groups
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes 'Group.Read.All'
Get-MgGroup |
Format-List Id, DisplayName, Description, GroupTypes
Id : 0a1c8435-40a3-4a72-8586-e916c12b613a
DisplayName : Marketing
Description : A group to synthesize, analyze, and synchronize our marketing efforts.
GroupTypes : {Unified}
Id : a8fbb1b5-b994-4835-9183-c7421d149132
DisplayName : Business Development
Description : Welcome to the BizDev team.
GroupTypes : {Unified}
This example retrieves a list of groups.
To learn about other permissions for this resource, see the Group permissions reference.
To consent to these permissions run Connect-MgGraph -Scopes Permission
. For example, Connect-MgGraph -Scopes GroupMember.Read.All, Group.Read.All
.
Example 2: Get a group by the display name
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes 'Group.Read.All'
Get-MgGroup -Filter "DisplayName eq 'Business Development'" |
Format-List Id, DisplayName, Description, GroupTypes
Id : a8fbb1b5-b994-4835-9183-c7421d149132
DisplayName : Business Development
Description : Welcome to the BizDev team.
GroupTypes : {Unified}
This example gets a group by the specified display name.
To learn about other permissions for this resource, see the Group permissions reference.
To consent to these permissions run Connect-MgGraph -Scopes Permission
. For example, Connect-MgGraph -Scopes GroupMember.Read.All, Group.Read.All
.
Example 3: Get a count of all groups
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes 'Group.Read.All'
Get-MgGroup -ConsistencyLevel eventual -Count groupCount
Id DisplayName Description GroupTypes AccessType
-- ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------
0260d811-6674-4e65-9674-f511abcb4f7b Tailspin Toys Ltd {}
0d5832d1-536d-4c5d-9435-e57413d9167f Test Group 1 This is a test group {}
0e06b38f-931a-47db-9a9a-60ab5f492005 Executives {}
1cb7317c-9c49-4dc8-a358-67ad8e95217c Finance Team {}
2692d278-8323-4094-b286-e0ffce5e54a5 Marketing A group to synthesize, analyze, and synchronize our marketing efforts. {Unified}
300a5486-9c58-422f-97a0-d2453977bcec Marketing resources Marketing resources {}
4d5f57a1-85e0-41dd-8282-ff995ad5e1c3 Business Development Welcome to the BizDev team. {Unified}
The example gets a list of all groups. The $groupCount variable contains the count of the objects in the result. The advanced query requires the ConsistencyLevel parameter set to eventual
and the Count parameter in the command. For more information about ConsistencyLevel and Count, see Advanced query capabilities on Azure AD directory objects.
To learn about other permissions for this resource, see the Group permissions reference.
To consent to these permissions run Connect-MgGraph -Scopes Permission
. For example, Connect-MgGraph -Scopes GroupMember.Read.All, Group.Read.All
.
Example 4: Use -Search to get all the groups whose display name contains 'Market' including a count of the returned users
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes 'Group.Read.All'
Get-MgGroup -ConsistencyLevel eventual -Count groupCount -Search '"DisplayName:Market"'
Id DisplayName Description GroupTypes AccessType
-- ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------
2692d278-8323-4094-b286-e0ffce5e54a5 Marketing A group to synthesize, analyze, and synchronize our marketing efforts. {Unified}
300a5486-9c58-422f-97a0-d2453977bcec Marketing resources Marketing resources {}
74a7bfca-7fbc-4a67-b4bb-3ef115b114f1 Sales & Marketing This is the sales and marketing team {}
This example returns all groups whose display name contains 'Market'. The $groupCount variable contains the count of the objects in the result. The advanced query requires the ConsistencyLevel parameter set to eventual
and the Count parameter in the command. For more information about ConsistencyLevel and Count, see Advanced query capabilities on Azure AD directory objects.
To learn about other permissions for this resource, see the Group permissions reference.
To consent to these permissions run Connect-MgGraph -Scopes Permission
. For example, Connect-MgGraph -Scopes GroupMember.Read.All, Group.Read.All
.
Example 5: Use -Filter to get all the groups with a display name that starts with 'A' including a count of the returned groups, with the results ordered by display name
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes 'Group.Read.All'
Get-MgGroup -ConsistencyLevel eventual -Count groupCount -Filter "startsWith(DisplayName, 'A')" -OrderBy DisplayName
Id DisplayName Description GroupTypes AccessType
-- ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------
7fbcfd32-d930-4968-aa42-924bf462a305 All Company This is the default group for everyone in the network {Unified}
f07a8d78-f18c-4c02-b339-9ebace025122 All Employees {}
bbfa9226-a965-47e1-9db2-bcfcb2c202e6 All Users
This example returns all groups whose display name starts with 'A'. The $groupCount variable contains the count of the objects in the result. The advanced query requires the ConsistencyLevel parameter set to eventual
and the Count parameter in the command. For more information about ConsistencyLevel and Count, see Advanced query capabilities on Azure AD directory objects.
To learn about other permissions for this resource, see the Group permissions reference.
To consent to these permissions run Connect-MgGraph -Scopes Permission
. For example, Connect-MgGraph -Scopes GroupMember.Read.All, Group.Read.All
.
Parameters
-All
List all pages.
Parameter properties
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Default value: | False |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
List
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | False |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-ConsistencyLevel
Indicates the requested consistency level. Documentation URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/aad-advanced-queries
Parameter properties
Type: | String |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
List
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | False |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-CountVariable
Specifies a count of the total number of items in a collection. By default, this variable will be set in the global scope.
Parameter properties
Type: | String |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Aliases: | CV |
Parameter sets
List
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | False |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-ExpandProperty
Expand related entities
Parameter properties
Type: | String[] |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Aliases: | Expand |
Parameter sets
(All)
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | False |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Filter
Filter items by property values
Parameter properties
Type: | String |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
List
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | False |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-GroupId
The unique identifier of group
Parameter properties
Type: | String |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
Get
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | True |
Value from pipeline: | False |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Headers
Optional headers that will be added to the request.
Parameter properties
Type: | IDictionary |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | True |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-InputObject
Identity Parameter To construct, see NOTES section for INPUTOBJECT properties and create a hash table.
Parameter properties
Type: | IGroupsIdentity |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
GetViaIdentity
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | True |
Value from pipeline: | True |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-PageSize
Sets the page size of results.
Parameter properties
Type: | Int32 |
Default value: | 0 |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
List
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | False |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Property
Select properties to be returned
Parameter properties
Type: | String[] |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Aliases: | Select |
Parameter sets
(All)
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | False |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-ResponseHeadersVariable
Optional Response Headers Variable.
Parameter properties
Type: | String |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Aliases: | RHV |
Parameter sets
(All)
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | False |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Search
Search items by search phrases
Parameter properties
Type: | String |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
List
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | False |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Skip
Skip the first n items
Parameter properties
Type: | Int32 |
Default value: | 0 |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
List
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | False |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Sort
Order items by property values
Parameter properties
Type: | String[] |
Default value: | None |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Aliases: | OrderBy |
Parameter sets
List
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | False |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Top
Show only the first n items
Parameter properties
Type: | Int32 |
Default value: | 0 |
Supports wildcards: | False |
DontShow: | False |
Aliases: | Limit |
Parameter sets
List
Position: | Named |
Mandatory: | False |
Value from pipeline: | False |
Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
Value from remaining arguments: | False |
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
Inputs
Microsoft.Graph.PowerShell.Models.IGroupsIdentity
System.Collections.IDictionary
Outputs
Microsoft.Graph.PowerShell.Models.IMicrosoftGraphGroup
Notes
COMPLEX PARAMETER PROPERTIES
To create the parameters described below, construct a hash table containing the appropriate properties. For information on hash tables, run Get-Help about_Hash_Tables.
INPUTOBJECT <IGroupsIdentity>
: Identity Parameter
[AttachmentId <String>]
: The unique identifier of attachment[ConversationId <String>]
: The unique identifier of conversation[ConversationThreadId <String>]
: The unique identifier of conversationThread[DirectoryObjectId <String>]
: The unique identifier of directoryObject[EndDateTime <String>]
: Usage: endDateTime='{endDateTime}'[ExtensionId <String>]
: The unique identifier of extension[GroupId <String>]
: The unique identifier of group[GroupLifecyclePolicyId <String>]
: The unique identifier of groupLifecyclePolicy[GroupSettingId <String>]
: The unique identifier of groupSetting[GroupSettingTemplateId <String>]
: The unique identifier of groupSettingTemplate[Interval <String>]
: Usage: interval='{interval}'[ListId <String>]
: Usage: listId='{listId}'[Path <String>]
: Usage: path='{path}'[PostId <String>]
: The unique identifier of post[ProfilePhotoId <String>]
: The unique identifier of profilePhoto[ResourceSpecificPermissionGrantId <String>]
: The unique identifier of resourceSpecificPermissionGrant[SiteId <String>]
: The unique identifier of site[StartDateTime <String>]
: Usage: startDateTime='{startDateTime}'[UniqueName <String>]
: Alternate key of group