Add Security Group

Create a Microsoft Entra ID security group

Description

This runbook creates a Microsoft Entra ID security group with membership type Assigned. It validates the group name and optionally sets an owner during creation.

Location

Organization → General → Add Security Group

Full Runbook name

rjgit-org_general_add-security-group

Details

Property	Value
Version	1.0.2
Required modules	Microsoft.Graph.Authentication (>= 2.39.0) RealmJoin.RunbookHelper (>= 0.8.9)
Schedulable	no

Permissions

Application permissions

• Type: Microsoft Graph

  • Group.Create

    • Creates the security group via POST /groups after a duplicate-name check
  • Group.Read.All

    • Checks for an existing group with the same display name before creating

Parameters

GroupName

Display name of the security group to create.

Property	Value
Required	true
Default Value
Type	String
Portal display name	Name of the security group

GroupDescription

Optional description for the security group.

Property	Value
Required	false
Default Value
Type	String
Portal display name	Description of this security group

Owner

Optional owner to assign to the group.

Property	Value
Required	false
Default Value
Type	String
Portal display name	Owner (optional)

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