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Set-SPOSiteGroup

SharePoint Online Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell Set-*

Updates the SharePoint Online owner and permission levels on a group inside a site collection.

Quick start script

# Set-SPOSiteGroup — quick start (serv365.ai)
# 1. Connect (app-only shown; interactive: omit the certificate parameters)
Connect-SPOService -Url https://$org-admin.sharepoint.com

# 2. Capture the current state first — you cannot roll back what you never recorded
$before = Get-SPOSiteGroup
$before | Format-List

# 3. Make the change
Set-SPOSiteGroup -Identity <String> -Site <SpoSitePipeBind>

# 4. Verify and diff
$after = Get-SPOSiteGroup
Compare-Object ($before | Out-String) ($after | Out-String)

Syntax

Set-SPOSiteGroup -Site <SpoSitePipeBind> -Identity <String> [-Name <String>]
 [-PermissionLevelsToAdd <String[]>] [-PermissionLevelsToRemove <String[]>] [-Owner <String>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters (6)

Parameter	Type	Required	What it controls
-Identity	String	yes	Specifies the name of the group.
-Name	String		Specifies the new name of the group.
-Owner	String		Specifies the owner (individual or a security group) of the group to be created.
-PermissionLevelsToAdd	String[]		Specifies the permission levels to grant to the group.
-PermissionLevelsToRemove	String[]		Specifies the permission levels to remove from the group.
-Site	SpoSitePipeBind	yes	Specifies the site collection the group belongs to.

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