# Add Viva Engange Community

### Description

This runbook creates a Viva Engage community via the Yammer REST API using a stored developer token. It can optionally assign owners and remove the initial API user from the resulting Microsoft 365 group.

### Location

Organization → General → Add Viva Engange Community

**Full Runbook name**

rjgit-org\_general\_add-viva-engange-community

### Permissions

#### Application permissions

* **Type**: Microsoft Graph
  * User.Read.All
  * Group.ReadWrite.All
  * GroupMember.ReadWrite.All

### Parameters

#### CommunityName

Name of the community to create. Maximum length is 264 characters.

| Property      | Value            |
| ------------- | ---------------- |
| Required      | true             |
| Default Value | Sample Community |
| Type          | String           |

#### CommunityPrivate

If set to true, the community is created as private.

| Property      | Value   |
| ------------- | ------- |
| Required      | false   |
| Default Value | False   |
| Type          | Boolean |

#### CommunityShowInDirectory

If set to true, the community is visible in the directory.

| Property      | Value   |
| ------------- | ------- |
| Required      | false   |
| Default Value | True    |
| Type          | Boolean |

#### CommunityOwners

Comma-separated list of owner UPNs to add to the community.

| Property      | Value  |
| ------------- | ------ |
| Required      | false  |
| Default Value |        |
| Type          | String |

#### removeCreatorFromGroup

If set to true, removes the initial API user from the group when at least one other owner exists.

| Property      | Value   |
| ------------- | ------- |
| Required      | false   |
| Default Value | True    |
| Type          | Boolean |

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