Add-MsolRoleMember
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 Add-MsolRoleMember cmdlet is used to add a member to a role. Only users can be added to a role (adding a security group is not supported).
Syntax
Add-MsolRoleMember -RoleObjectId <Guid> [-RoleMemberEmailAddress <string>] [-RoleMemberObjectId <Guid>] [-RoleMemberType <string>] [-TenantId <Guid>] [<CommonParameters>]
Add-MsolRoleMember -RoleName <string> [-RoleMemberEmailAddress <string>] [-RoleMemberObjectId <Guid>] [-RoleMemberType <string>] [-TenantId <Guid>] [<CommonParameters>]
Parameters
-RoleMemberEmailAddress <string>
The object ID of the member to add. For users, this should be the user
ID. Only users can be added to a role (adding a security group is not
supported). Either RoleMemberEmailAddress or RoleMemberObjectId should
be provided.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false
-RoleMemberObjectId <Guid>
The object ID of the member to add. Only users can be added to a role
(adding a security group is not supported). Either
RoleMemberEmailAddress or RoleMemberObjectId should be provided.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false
-RoleMemberType <string>
The type of role of the member to add. Only users can be added to a
role (adding a security group is not supported).
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters? false
-RoleName <string>
The name of the role to add members to. Only users can be added to a
role (adding a security group is not supported). Either RoleName or
RoleObjectId should be provided.
Required? true
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-RoleObjectId <Guid>
The role to add members to. Only users can be added to a role (adding
a security group is not supported). Either RoleName or RoleObjectId
should be provided.
Required? true
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
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
This command adds user@contoso.com to the Company Administrator role. To get the list of values for RoleName, use the Get-MsolRole cmdlet.
Add-MsolRoleMember -RoleName "Company Administrator" -RoleMemberEmailAddress "user@contoso.com"
Additional Resources
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