New-SPOSiteGroup
Creates a new group in a SharePoint Online site collection.
Syntax
New-SPOSiteGroup
-Group <String>
-PermissionLevels <String[]>
-Site <SpoSitePipeBind>
[<CommonParameters>] Description
A SharePoint group is a set of individual users. SharePoint groups enable you to manage sets of users instead of individual users.
You must be at least a SharePoint Online administrator to run the cmdlet.
For permissions and the most current information about Windows PowerShell for SharePoint Online, see the online documentation at Intro to SharePoint Online Management Shell.
Examples
-----------------------EXAMPLE 1-----------------------------
New-SPOSiteGroup -Site https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/siteA -Group "Project Leads" -PermissionLevels "Full Control"This example creates a group named Project Leads with the Full Control permission level on the site collection https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/siteA.
-----------------------EXAMPLE 2-----------------------------
New-SPOSiteGroup -Site https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/marketing -Group "NewGroupName" -PermissionLevels "Design"This example creates a group named NewGroupName with the Design permission level on the site collection https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/marketing.
Parameters
-Group
Specifies the name of the group to add.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | SharePoint Online |
-PermissionLevels
Specifies the permission levels to grant to the newly created group. It can be any permission level that exists on the site collection on which the group is being created.
Note
Permission Levels, are defined on the top-level site of the site collection, please see How to create and edit permission levels for more information.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | SharePoint Online |
-Site
Specifies the site collection to add the group to.
| Type: | SpoSitePipeBind |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
| Applies to: | SharePoint Online |