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Create and Manage Azure AD Groups in the Portal
With Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), you have a centralized identity platform, which can help organizations manage access to enterprise resources. To help simplify how identities within Azure AD are provided access to resources, administrators can make use of groups. In this hands-on lab, we'll walk through some of the basic administrative tasks that you may perform, as well as the different portals that administrators and users may use when working with groups.
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Challenge
Create Groups
In the Azure portal, within the Azure Active Directory service, create two groups: a security group and a Microsoft 365 group.
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Edit Group Properties
In the Azure portal, within the Azure Active Directory service, change some properties for each group (such as Group name and Group description).
Notice the different properties of the Security group compared the with Microsoft 365 group.
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Modify Group Ownership
In the Azure portal, within the Azure Active Directory service, change the ownership of the Security group you created.
Notice the Microsoft 365 group must have at least one owner, and will already have one configured.
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View Groups from Different Portals
In the same browser you have used to login to the Azure portal, navigate to the following different portals:
- Microsoft 365 Admin Center
- Microsoft MyApps > My Groups
Note: This works best when you can use additional browser tabs; however, you may need to log in again using the credentials provided for this lab.
Notice the different views for each portal. Also be aware the MyApps Group Management portal is intended for end users and can be used by group owners to manage groups — see the Set Up Self-Service Group Management in Azure Active Directory article for more information.
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Delete Groups
In the Azure portal, within the Azure Active Directory settings, delete all of the groups you have created.
Note: You can also restore or permanently delete the Microsoft 365 group from the Deleted groups section.
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