How to deactivate auto-approval on self-service group memberships?

Question

Hey,

in Azure AD I activated self-service membership for an AAD security group. But now everbody can join the group directly with hint that it was auto-approved. How can I switch to owner-approval necessary?

BR

Answer 1

Hi,

Do you have AD p1 or p2 license? As this is required and also check the process to disable you will have to click on the toggle button for approval process. - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/enterprise-users/groups-self-service-management

Hope this helps.

JS

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Answer 2

@Gerrit

Thank you for your post and I apologize for the delayed response!

I understand that you set up self-service group management in Azure Active Directory. After setting this up, all of your users are able to join the Azure AD Group since they're auto approved. However, you're looking for a way to switch the self-service group management feature so that only the Owner of the Azure AD Group can approve the request to join.

To switch to owner-approval for a security group in Azure AD

• You'll have to make sure your Group Settings are correctly configured within the Azure Portal. For more info - Group Settings.
• Once your Group settings within the Portal are correct, you can modify your Group settings within the MyApps Portal - Access Panel Groups.

I hope this helps!

If you have any other questions, please let me know.