public/Remove-EntraIdGroupOwner.ps1
<#! .SYNOPSIS Removes owners from an Entra ID (Azure AD) group by group Id or display name. .DESCRIPTION This function removes specified owners from an Entra ID group using Microsoft Graph. It supports searching for the group by Id or display name. Owners can be users, identified by their UPN. .PARAMETER GroupId The object Id (GUID) of the Entra ID group to remove owners from. .PARAMETER GroupDisplayName The display name of the Entra ID group to remove owners from. .PARAMETER Owners An array of user principal names (UPNs) to remove as owners. .EXAMPLE Remove-EntraIdGroupOwner -GroupId "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001" -Owners @("user1@contoso.com", "user2@contoso.com") Removes the specified users as owners from the group with the specified Id. .EXAMPLE Remove-EntraIdGroupOwner -GroupDisplayName "My Security Group" -Owners @("user1@contoso.com", "user2@contoso.com") Removes the specified users as owners from the group with the specified display name. .NOTES This function requires Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to be installed and authenticated. #> function Remove-EntraIdGroupOwner { [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName='ById', SupportsShouldProcess = $true)] param( [Parameter(Mandatory, ParameterSetName='ById', Position=0, ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] [string]$GroupId, [Parameter(Mandatory, ParameterSetName='ByDisplayName', Position=0, ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] [string]$GroupDisplayName, [Parameter(Mandatory)] [array]$Owners ) process { if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess("Group: $GroupDisplayName ($GroupId)", "Remove specified owners")) { Test-GraphAuth # Resolve group Id or group display name based on parameter set switch ($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName) { 'ByDisplayName' { $group = Get-MgGroup -Filter "displayName eq '$GroupDisplayName'" | Select-Object -First 1 if (-not $group) { Write-Warning "No group found with display name '$GroupDisplayName'." return } $GroupId = $group.Id } 'ById' { $group = Get-MgGroup -GroupId $GroupId if (-not $group) { Write-Warning "No group found with Id '$GroupId'." return } $GroupDisplayName = $group.DisplayName } } # Get current owners (UPNs) $currentOwners = Get-EntraIdGroupOwner -GroupDisplayName $GroupDisplayName # Remove specified owners if present $toRemove = $Owners | Where-Object { $_ -in $currentOwners } foreach ($upn in $toRemove) { $user = Get-EntraIdUser -UserPrincipalName $upn if ($user) { try { Remove-MgGroupOwnerDirectoryObjectByRef -GroupId $GroupId -DirectoryObjectId $user.Id Write-Output "Removed owner $upn from group $GroupDisplayName ($GroupId)." } catch { Write-Warning "Failed to remove $upn as owner: $($_.Exception.Message)" } } else { Write-Warning "User not found: $upn" } } } } } |