Update Group

Update an Office 365 group.

Input

Field Definition Type Required

Group

Id

Unique identifier for the group.

Text

TRUE

Properties

Allow External Senders

Indicates if people external to the organization can send messages to the group.

The default value is false.

This field must be updated individually. You can't update other fields together with Allow External Senders. The error message: The request is currently not supported on the targeted entity set is indicative of this behavior.

True/False

FALSE

Auto Subscribe New Members

Indicates if new members added to the group are auto-subscribed to receive email notifications. You can set this property in a PATCH request for the group. Don't set it in the initial POST request that creates the group.

The default value is false.

This field must be updated individually. You can't update other fields together with Auto Subscribe New Members. The error message: The request is currently not supported on the targeted entity set is indicative of this behavior.

True/False

FALSE

Description

Optional. Description for the group.

Text

FALSE

Display Name

Display name for the group. This property is required when a group is created and can't be cleared during updates.

Text

FALSE

Mail Enabled

  • true: the group is mail-enabled

  • false: the group isn't mail-enabled.

True/False

FALSE

Mail Nickname

Mail alias for the group, unique in the organization. This property must be specified when a group is created.

This field can't contain a space.

Text

FALSE

Security Enabled

Specifies whether the group has security enabled. Only Office 365 groups can create or update this property.

True/False

FALSE

Visibility

Specifies the visibility of an Office 365 group. See group visibility options.

Dropdown

FALSE

Public

Anyone can join the group without needing owner permission. Anyone can view the contents of the group.

Text

FALSE

Private

Owner permission is needed to join the group. Non-members can't view the contents of the group.

Text

FALSE

Hiddenmembership

Owner permission is needed to join the group.

Non-members can't view the contents of the group. Non-members can't see the members of the group.

Administrators (global, company, user, and help desk) can view the membership of the group. The group appears in the global address book (GAL).

Text

FALSE

Output

Field Definition Type

Status Code

Result of the operation. The connector returns an HTTP status code that indicates whether the action taken by the card succeeded or failed. For example:

  • A 201 Created status code indicates success where a new resource was created.
  • A 403 Forbidden error indicates that the HTTP request wasn't processed because the necessary permissions were missing.

For a full list of possible status codes, see HTTP status codes.

Number

Related topics

Azure Active Directory connector

Workflow elements

Guidance for Azure Active Directory connector

Azure Active Directory Management API overview