Office 365 Create A New Group In SharePoint Online using PowerShell

This blog helps you to create a SharePoint group in a SharePoint Online site, using PowerShell Client Side Object Model (CSOM).

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# Create a SharePoint Group in a SharePoint Online Site using PowerShell O365

# Required Parameters:

# Author: Gowtham Rajamanickam

# Date:12-March-2017

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# create a SharePoint Group in a SharePoint Online Site
function Create-Group
{
    param ($SPonlineUrl,$Username,$Password,$GroupName,$GroupDescription)
    try
    {

        #Adding the Client OM Assemblies
        Add-Type -Path "C:\CSOMDLL\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"
        Add-Type -Path "C:\CSOMDLL\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"

       #create context for connect with SharePoint online
        $Ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($SPonlineUrl)
        $Credentials = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.SharePointOnlineCredentials($Username, $Password)
        $Ctx.Credentials = $Credentials
        $RootWebSite = $Ctx.Web
        $GroupCreationInfo=New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.GroupCreationInformation
        $GroupCreationInfo.Title=$GroupToCreate
        $GroupCreationInfo.Description=$GroupToCreateDescription
        $Group=$spoRootWebSite.SiteGroups.Add($GroupCreationInfo)
        $Ctx.ExecuteQuery()
        $Ctx.Dispose()
    }
    catch [System.Exception]
    {
        write-host -f red $_.Exception.ToString()
    }
}

#Enter the below manatory Parameters

$SPonlineUrl = "https://gowthamr.sharepoint.com/"
$Username = "*******"
$Password=convertto-securestring "*****" -asplaintext -force
$GroupName="Gowtham_Group"
$GroupDescription="CustomGroup"

Create-Group -sSiteColUrl $SPonlineUrl -sUsername $Username -sPassword $Password -sGroupToCreate $GroupName -sGroupToCreateDescription $GroupDescription

Run the code given above and check your SharePoint Site. A new group is created successfully.

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