Search Groups
Search Office 365 for a group by property values. Supported search operations include Exact Match and Starts With. An Exact Match search returns groups whose properties match exactly, while Starts With searches return groups whose properties start with that value.
The Search Groups action card returns a maximum of 4,000 groups.
Options
| Field | Definition | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result Set | Choose to return the First Matching Record, or return All Matching Records, which returns a list of objects as the output field on the card. | Dropdown | TRUE |
| Search By |
Choose the search operator when searching for groups.
Exact Match returns groups whose properties are exactly equal to the input values. Starts With returns groups whose properties start with the input values. |
Dropdown | TRUE |
The input field properties that display for Exact Match are different from the input field properties for Starts With.
Input
| Field | Definition | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group | |||
| Display Name | Display name for the group. | String | FALSE |
| Group Types | Specifies the group type and its membership. | Dropdown | FALSE |
| SMTP address for the group. | String | FALSE | |
| Mail Enabled | True: the group is mail-enabled. False: the group is not mail-enabled. | Boolean | FALSE |
| Mail Nickname | Mail alias for the group, unique in the organization. | String | FALSE |
| Proxy Addresses | Email addresses for the group that direct to the same group mailbox. | List of Text | FALSE |
| Security Enabled | Specifies whether the group is a security group. | Boolean | FALSE |
Output
| Field | Definition | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Groups | ||
| Assigned Licenses | Licenses that are assigned to the user, including inherited (group-based) licenses. | List of Objects |
| Created Date Time | Timestamp when the group was created. | Date & Time |
| Display Name | Display name for the group. | String |
| Id | Unique identifier for the group. | String |
| SMTP address for the group. | String | |
| Mail Nickname | Mail alias for the group, unique in the organization. | String |
| Classification | Classification for the group (such as low, medium, or high business impact). | String |
| Description | Optional description for the group. | String |
| Group Types | Specifies the group type and its membership. | List of Text |
| License Processing State | Indicates status of the group license assignment to all members of the group. | String |
| Mail Enabled? | Specifies whether the group is mail-enabled | Boolean |
| On Premises Security Identifier | Contains the on-premises security identifier (SID) for the group that was synchronized from on-premises to the cloud. | String |
| On Premises Sync Enabled? | true if this object is synced from an on-premises directory; false if this object was originally synced from an on-premises directory but is no longer synced; null if this object has never been synced from an on-premises directory (default). |
Boolean |
| Preferred Data Location | Preferred data location for the group. | String |
| Proxy Addresses | Email addresses for the group that direct to the same group mailbox. | List of Text |
| Renewed Date Time |
Timestamp of when the group was last renewed.
For example, |
Date & Time |
| Security Enabled? | Specifies whether the group is a security group. | Boolean |
| Visibility | Specifies the group join policy and group content visibility for groups. | String |