Add-AzADGroupMember

Adds a user to an existing AD group.

Warning

There are upcoming breaking changes in this cmdlet. These changes are currently in preview with Az.Resources version 5.0.0-preview. They will become generally available with our next major release of the Az PowerShell module, version 7.x in December of 2021. For more information, see Azure AD to Microsoft Graph migration changes in Azure PowerShell.

Note

This is the previous version of our documentation. Please consult the most recent version for up-to-date information.

Syntax

Add-AzADGroupMember
   -MemberObjectId <String[]>
   -TargetGroupObjectId <String>
   [-PassThru]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [-Confirm]
   [<CommonParameters>]
Add-AzADGroupMember
   -MemberObjectId <String[]>
   -TargetGroupDisplayName <String>
   [-PassThru]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [-Confirm]
   [<CommonParameters>]
Add-AzADGroupMember
   -MemberObjectId <String[]>
   -TargetGroupObject <PSADGroup>
   [-PassThru]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [-Confirm]
   [<CommonParameters>]
Add-AzADGroupMember
   -MemberUserPrincipalName <String[]>
   -TargetGroupDisplayName <String>
   [-PassThru]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [-Confirm]
   [<CommonParameters>]
Add-AzADGroupMember
   -MemberUserPrincipalName <String[]>
   -TargetGroupObject <PSADGroup>
   [-PassThru]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [-Confirm]
   [<CommonParameters>]
Add-AzADGroupMember
   -MemberUserPrincipalName <String[]>
   -TargetGroupObjectId <String>
   [-PassThru]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [-Confirm]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Adds a user to an existing AD group.

Examples

Example 1: Add a user to a group by object id

PS C:\> Add-AzADGroupMember -MemberObjectId D9076BBC-D62C-4105-9C78-A7F5BC4A3405 -TargetGroupObjectId 85F89C90-780E-4AA6-9F4F-6F268D322EEE

Adds the user with object id 'D9076BBC-D62C-4105-9C78-A7F5BC4A3405' to the group with object id '85F89C90-780E-4AA6-9F4F-6F268D322EEE'.

Example 2: Add a user to a group by piping

PS C:\> Get-AzADGroup -ObjectId 85F89C90-780E-4AA6-9F4F-6F268D322EEE | Add-AzADGroupMember -MemberObjectId D9076BBC-D62C-4105-9C78-A7F5BC4A3405

Gets the group with object id '85F89C90-780E-4AA6-9F4F-6F268D322EEE' and pipes it to the Add-AzADGroupMember cmdlet to add the user to that group.

Example 3: Add a user to a group by principal name

PS C:\> Add-AzADGroupMember -MemberUserPrincipalName "myemail@domain.com" -TargetGroupDisplayName "MyGroupDisplayName" 
PS C:\> Get-AzADGroupMember -GroupDisplayName "MyGroupDisplayName"

Adds an user to a group and list the members of the group.

Parameters

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:cf
Position:Named
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
-DefaultProfile

The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with Azure.

Type:IAzureContextContainer
Aliases:AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential
Position:Named
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
-MemberObjectId

The object id of the member.

Type:String[]
Position:Named
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
-MemberUserPrincipalName

The UPN of the member(s) to add to the group.

Type:String[]
Position:Named
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
-PassThru

Specifying this will return true if the command was successful.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
-TargetGroupDisplayName

The display name of the group to add the member(s) to.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
-TargetGroupObject

The object representation of the group to add the member(s) to.

Type:PSADGroup
Position:Named
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False
-TargetGroupObjectId

The object id of the group to add the member(s) to.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False
-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:wi
Position:Named
Default value:None
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

PSADGroup

Outputs

Boolean