Search Groups

Search Azure Active Directory for a group by property values.

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 either 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 shown for an Exact Match differ 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
Mail

SMTP address for the group.

String FALSE
Mail Enabled

  • True: the group is mail-enabled.

  • False: the group isn't 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

Time stamp when the group was created.

Date & Time
Display Name

Display name for the group.

 String
Id

Unique identifier for the group.

 String
Mail

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 the status of the group license assigned 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

Time stamp of when the group was last renewed.

For example, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.

 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

Related topics

Azure Active Directory connector

Workflow elements

Guidance for Azure Active Directory connector

Azure Active Directory Management API overview