public/Add-EntraIdGroupOwner.ps1
<# .SYNOPSIS Adds an owner to an Entra ID (Azure AD) group by group Id or display name. .DESCRIPTION This function adds specified owners to 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 add owners to. .PARAMETER GroupDisplayName The display name of the Entra ID group to add owners to. .PARAMETER Owners An array of user principal names (UPNs) to add as owners. .EXAMPLE Add-EntraIdGroupOwner -GroupId "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001" -Owners @("user1@contoso.com", "user2@contoso.com") Adds the specified users as owners to the group with the specified Id. .EXAMPLE Add-EntraIdGroupOwner -GroupDisplayName "My Security Group" -Owners @("user1@contoso.com", "user2@contoso.com") Adds the specified users as owners to the group with the specified display name. .NOTES This function requires Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to be installed and authenticated. #> function Add-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)", "Add 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 # Add missing owners $toAdd = $Owners | Where-Object { $_ -notin $currentOwners } foreach ($ownerEntry in $toAdd) { $userObj = Get-EntraIdUser -UserPrincipalName $ownerEntry if ($userObj) { $userId = $userObj.Id New-MgGroupOwner -GroupId "$GroupId" -DirectoryObjectId "$userId" Write-Output "Added owner $ownerEntry to group $GroupDisplayName ($GroupId)." } else { Write-Warning "User not found: $ownerEntry" } } } } } |