Does Azure AD B2C allow to create groups?

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Does Azure AD B2C allow to create groups?

Wonderful World 116

I want to create groups in Azure AD B2C for a list of users/consumers. There will be departments and there are employees in that department. I don't see an option for groups in the Azure Portal, and can't create groups.

How can I create groups through Azure Portal in AD B2C?

Jay Lee 0 Reputation points

2024-03-29T04:51:31.18+00:00

Hi Sandeep, This is a follow up questions on the answer you provided.

First,
Can those groups defined in AD (under B2C) be used in assigning the access to an application? Let's assume there are multiple applications (OIDC applications) registered in B2C, I want to create multiple groups, by whose membership I can control user access to the applications.

Second,
Can this be done via API? AD Group creation and membership assignment should be OK via API, but I wonder if B2C provides APIs for the above scenario.

Lastly,
Can AD Group can be used for other management tasks? For example, Authentication/Authorization user journey? As another example, forcing or disabling MFA for certain user groups.

Thanks a lot, and will look forward your advice.

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Jay Lee 0 Reputation points

2024-03-29T04:51:31.18+00:00

Hi Sandeep, This is a follow up questions on the answer you provided.

First,
Can those groups defined in AD (under B2C) be used in assigning the access to an application? Let's assume there are multiple applications (OIDC applications) registered in B2C, I want to create multiple groups, by whose membership I can control user access to the applications.

Second,
Can this be done via API? AD Group creation and membership assignment should be OK via API, but I wonder if B2C provides APIs for the above scenario.

Lastly,
Can AD Group can be used for other management tasks? For example, Authentication/Authorization user journey? As another example, forcing or disabling MFA for certain user groups.

Thanks a lot, and will look forward your advice.

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@Wonderful World

Thank you for posting this in Microsoft Q&A.

As of ow we do not have an option to create groups in Azure AD B2C.

However, when you create Azure AD B2C tenant, there is Azure Active directory also that gets added in the tenant.

But both are different. You can create multiple groups in Azure Actie directory within B2C tenant. And once you access users in B2C, you can make users member of any group which is created in Azure Active Directory.

You can access users blade in B2C tenant and you will have to go to each users and make them member of any groups that you want to keep them in.

However, using those groups in any of the policies is not supported yet.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

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Wonderful World 116 Reputation points

2023-08-23T10:53:23.9366667+00:00

I can create groups in AD under B2C now. Do you know how many groups can be created in free tier?

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