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New-PnPGroup: Create Site Group in SharePoint using PowerShell

The example in this topic show how to use PowerShell to Create Site Group in SharePoint

Using PnP (Pattern and Practice) PowerShell commands, you can access and manipulate SharePoint objects easily.
Prerequisite: You have to install cmdlets to work in PnP PowerShell.

How to run PnP PowerShell command in SharePoint?

First, open powershell ise.

Make sure you run it in Administrator Mode.
Now, copy and paste the code mentioned below and click on Run Script as shown in the screenshot.

# Provide credentials over here
$creds = (New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential "<<UserName>>",(ConvertTo-SecureString "<<Password>>" -AsPlainText -Force))
# Provide URL of the Site over here
# If you do not wish to pass credentials hard coded then you can use: -Credentials (Get-Credential). This will prompt to enter credentials
Connect-PnPOnline -Url http://MyServer/sites/MySiteCollection -Credentials $creds
# Provide URL of the Site over here
# If you do not wish to pass credentials hard coded then you can use: -Credentials (Get-Credential). This will prompt to enter credentials
Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://cap1122.sharepoint.com/sites/test/ -Credentials $creds
# NOTE: The user who is running the code will be added as "Group Owner" unless mentioned specifically in parameter (-owner)
# "AllowMembersEditMembership", "AllowRequestToJoinLeave", "AutoAcceptRequestToJoinLeave" and "DisallowMembersViewMembership" are switch parameters.
# A "Switch Parameter" does not take a value. If it is written in code, it turns on the "action" otherwise taken as false.
# (1) -AllowMembersEditMembership: specifies whether group members can modify membership in the group
# (2) -DisallowMembersViewMembership: disallows group members to view membership
# (3) -AllowRequestToJoinLeave: specifies whether to allow users to request membership in the group and to allow users to request to leave the group
# (4) -AutoAcceptRequestToJoinLeave: specifies whether users are automatically added or removed when they make a request
New-PnPGroup -Title "New SP Group" -Description "New SP Group Description" -AllowMembersEditMembership -DisallowMembersViewMembership -AllowRequestToJoinLeave -AutoAcceptRequestToJoinLeave
Disconnect-PnPOnline

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