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📝 Microsoft Entra ID Users Can Create Microsoft 365 Groups In Azure Portals, API Or PowerShell is set to Yes 🟢

  • Contextual name: 📝 Users Can Create Microsoft 365 Groups In Azure Portals, API Or PowerShell is set to Yes 🟢
  • ID: /ce/ca/azure/microsoft-entra-id/disable-users-can-create-microsoft-365-groups
  • Located in: 📁 Microsoft Entra ID

Flags​

Our Metadata​

  • Policy Type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
  • Policy Category:
    • SECURITY

Similar Policies​

Description​

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Description​

Restrict Microsoft 365 group creation to administrators only.

Rationale​

Restricting Microsoft 365 group creation to administrators only ensures that creation of Microsoft 365 groups is controlled by the administrator. Appropriate groups should be created and managed by the administrator and group creation rights should not be delegated to any other user.

Impact​

Enabling this setting could create a number of requests that would need to be managed by an administrator.

Audit​

From Azure Portal​
  1. From Azure Home select the Portal Menu.
  2. Select Microsoft Entra ID.
  3. Under Manage, select Groups.
  4. Under Settings, select General.
  5. Under Microsoft 365 Groups, ensure that Users can create Microsoft 365 groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell is set to No.

Default Value​

By default, Users can create Microsoft 365 groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell is set to Yes.

References​

  1. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/solutions/manage-creation-of-groups?view=o365-worldwide&redirectSourcePath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252fControl-who-can-create-Office-365-Groups-4c46c8cb-17d0-44b5-9776-005fced8e618

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Remediation​

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Remediation​

From Azure Portal​

  1. From Azure Home select the Portal Menu.
  2. Select Microsoft Entra ID.
  3. Under Manage, select Groups.
  4. Under Settings, select General.
  5. Under Microsoft 365 Groups, set Users can create Microsoft 365 groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell to No.
  6. Click Save.

policy.yaml​

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Linked Framework Sections​

SectionSub SectionsInternal RulesPoliciesFlags
💼 CIS Azure v2.1.0 → 💼 1.20 Ensure that 'Users can create Microsoft 365 groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell' is set to 'No' - Level 2 (Manual)1
💼 CIS Azure v3.0.0 → 💼 2.21 Ensure that 'Users can create Microsoft 365 groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell' is set to 'No' (Manual)1
💼 CIS Azure v4.0.0 → 💼 6.21 Ensure that 'Users can create Microsoft 365 groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell' is set to 'No' (Manual)1
💼 Cloudaware Framework → 💼 User Account Management17