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SPOSiteGroup

Parameters

Parameter Attribute DataType Description Allowed Values
Identity Key String The name of the site group
Url Key String The URL of the site.
Owner Write String The owner (email address) of the site group
PermissionLevels Write StringArray[] The permission level of the site group
Ensure Write String Used to add or remove site design. Present, Absent
Credential Write PSCredential Credentials of the Office365 Tenant Admin.
ApplicationId Write String Id of the Azure Active Directory application to authenticate with.
ApplicationSecret Write String Secret of the Azure Active Directory application to authenticate with.
TenantId Write String Name of the Azure Active Directory tenant used for authentication. Format contoso.onmicrosoft.com
CertificatePassword Write PSCredential Username can be made up to anything but password will be used for certificatePassword
CertificatePath Write String Path to certificate used in service principal usually a PFX file.
CertificateThumbprint Write String Thumbprint of the Azure Active Directory application's authentication certificate to use for authentication.

SPOSiteGroup

Configure groups for a SharePoint Online site.

Azure AD Permissions

To authenticate via Azure Active Directory, this resource required the following Application permissions:

  • Automate
  • SharePoint
    • Sites.FullControl.All
  • Export
  • SharePoint
    • Sites.FullControl.All

NOTE: All permissions listed above require admin consent.

Examples

Example 1

This example is used to test new resources and showcase the usage of new resources being worked on. It is not meant to use as a production baseline.

Configuration Example
{
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [PSCredential]
        $credsGlobalAdmin
    )
    Import-DscResource -ModuleName Microsoft365DSC

    node localhost
    {
        SPOSiteGroup 'ConfigureTestSiteGroup1'
        {
            Url              = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/testsite1"
            Identity         = "TestSiteGroup1"
            Owner            = "admin@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
            PermissionLevels = @("Edit", "Read")
            Ensure           = "Present"
            Credential       = $credsGlobalAdmin
        }

        SPOSiteGroup 'ConfigureTestSiteGroup2'
        {
            Url              = "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/testsite1"
            Identity         = "TestSiteGroup2"
            Owner            = "admin@contoso.onmicrosoft.com"
            PermissionLevels = @("Edit", "Read")
            Ensure           = "Present"
            Credential       = $credsGlobalAdmin
        }
    }
}