Set-MsolGroup
Updated: July 30, 2015
Applies To: Azure, Office 365, Windows Intune
Note
- The cmdlets were previously known as the Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell cmdlets.
The Set-MsolGroup cmdlet is used to update the properties of a security group.
Syntax
Set-MsolGroup [-Description <string>] [-DisplayName <string>] [-ManagedBy <string>] [-ObjectId <Guid>] [-TenantId <Guid>] [<CommonParameters>]
Parameters
-Description <string>
The description of the group.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false
-DisplayName <string>
The display name of the group.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false
-ManagedBy <string>
The owner of the group.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false
-ObjectId <Guid>
The unique ID of the group to update.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false
-TenantId <Guid>
The unique ID of the tenant to perform the operation on. If this is
not provided then the value will default to the tenant of the current
user. This parameter is only applicable to partner users.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type,
"get-help about_commonparameters".
Examples
The following command first locates the group with the name Marketing and sets that group a variable $MktGrp. The next command updates the description for the Marketing group to read "Marketing executives."
$MktGrp = Get-MsolGroup -searchstring Marketing
Set-MsolGroup -ObjectId $MktGrp.ObjectId -Description "Marketing executives"
Additional Resources
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