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Edit SharePoint group permission using PowerShell

Try below code: This will remove group permission full control $web = get-spweb http://url/to/your/web $group = $web.SiteGroups["Owners"] $ra = $group.ParentWeb.RoleAssignments....
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Create SharePoint groups with powershell

This is something we built in-house: function Add-SPGroup { <# .SYNOPSIS Use Add-SPGroup to create a SharePoint Group. .DESCRIPTION This function uses the Add() method of a SharePoint ...
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Assign a task to a group - task not created, email not sent

Considering that you are using a SharePoint group and presuming that the Assign a task step is not running inside an App Step, then make sure that everyone can view the membership of the group. Go ...
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Group members must request access to access Group Files?

I guess you found "Something went wrong..." in creating the group. The whole point of Office 365 groups is that adding users to the group as members instantly give the access to the sites resources, ...
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What permissions are needed to Create Groups and Add users to Groups?

Answers of your questions: You will need FullControl permission to create group. No. You can take reference from here. No. SharePoint uses an App Only context it really doesn’t matter what rights ...
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Get all property of Group using CSOM

I tried your code and got an unknown error. So i tried removing each field in the LINQ query and I found the error is due to grup => grup.Owner. I have changed it to grup => grup.OwnerTitle and ...
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Manipulating permissions on SharePoint Online with PowerShell

One of my favorite ways to automate repetitive tasks is to use PowerShell + CSOM. The Client Object Model allows me to run my scripts on top of on-prem SharePoint or Office 365 using the exact same ...
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Are there any differences if i create a new Sharepoint User Group from the site collection level or from the sub site level

It doesn't matter where you create them, groups only exist in one place, the site collection root. Creating them anywhere makes them available everywhere in the collection.
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Using Active Directory groups instead of SP groups

The cons is obviously that you won't be able to add users to a group in SharePoint, and you have to manage AD-groups instead. If you already have 10'000 SharePoint groups in your environment, you may ...
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Credentials popup issue while adding a user to SharePoint group with REST API

For adding user to group, instead of REST API I used JSOM, now I didn't get credentials pop up. :) Adding users to a group with JSOM using following code:: addUserToSharePointGroup: function (...
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How to get group object through csom?

Try this code below : GroupCollection groupColl = clientContext.Web.SiteGroups; Group newgroup = groupColl.GetByName("InternalUsers"); clientContext.Load(newgroup); clientContext.ExecuteQuery();
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SharePoint Group Permissions in Lists

Create multiple views and set target audience for showing different view for different user group. Use caml query (Membership Element and SPGroup type) to get all users from the specific group for ...
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Show appropriate view based on user permission

Use target audience settings of the web part. Set it to the SharePoint group that can only see the contents of that view. The only trade off is that, when a user is not on that group, he can select ...
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How to change "Who can view the membership of the group" Group Members to Everyone through csom javascript

You can change membership visibility via CSOM using set_onlyAllowMembersViewMembership function: var context = SP.ClientContext.get_current() var web = context.get_web() var groups = web....
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User adding working, but permissions setting is not woring - CSOM

If you only want to add a user to a group, then do this: ClientContext client = new ClientContext("SiteURL"); Web web = client.Web; Group group = web.SiteGroups.GetByName("test Members"); User user =...
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SHAREPOINT\system account not visible in Group membership in browser but showing up in powershell

I think this is just because "SHAREPOINT\system" is actually a "logical" account that has no real "physical" correspondence, while "domain\user" is something that maps to an actual user, in this case ...
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How do I assign a group to a subsite?

You have to go to the subsite, click the Gear to go to Site Settings and then click Site Permissions. From there, you can add your group by clicking the Grant Permissions button. If you do not see ...
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Can i define more than one user group inside the "Group Owner" field for a User Group

You can only add one user or one SharePoint group as owner. Its not possible via powershell as well. So if you want multiple users as owners, create a new SP group , add your users to it and make it ...
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Why SPWeb.Group provide a method named Add() that always raises exceptions (that we can not use)

The short answer to this question is, Add method is there for Type consistency which makes the life easier for the Developers, both the SharePoint library(dll) developers and general SharePoint ...
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Best approach to allow all our employees to Read a site and send them an email when a new discussion item is added

There is a property IsHiddenInUI but unfortunately its only a getter property so you cant change its value and hide group in UI. Now you are afraid that AD group might be removed by some adventurous ...
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Hiding a Div for some of users

Do it the other way around Hide content by default Add a Content Editor Editor WebPart Add JavaScript to get the hidden content DOM element Show the Content with Javascript (eg: style.display='inline-...
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Can we use distribution lists inside sharepoint 2016 "Person and Group" column type

Distribution lists cannot be used here as they're used to distribute emails to recipient mailboxes but not more. They do not have any security context as the mail-enabled security groups do.
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SharePoint Group Permissions in Lists

I will try below approach Create folder for each group. (If new folder option is disabled in list. Please check this link to enable.) Give edit/contribute permission to respective group on respective ...
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How to get group by group name in JSOM SP2010?

You could do something like this: var groupCollection = clientContext.get_web().get_siteGroups(); var myGroupName = "Group Name"; var myGroup = null; clientContext.load(groupCollection); ...
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How can I create a SharePoint group using Flow?

Yes, you are right. You need to use Send an HTTP request to SharePoint action in Microsoft Flow in order to create a SharePoint Group. Try Using it as given in below image: Output: Group with name ...
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How to Get Site-users and Site-groups in SPFx using PnP-JS?

Site Users: You can get the site users using pnp.sp.web.siteUsers as given below: $pnp.sp.web.siteUsers.get().then(function(data) { var users = ""; for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { ...
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sorry you don't have permission to query for users

As we have discussed in the comments, the Audi group is configured to only let current members see who are the members. If the group is configured in that way then other users will receive permission ...
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Naming a New O365 Group Site Issue

As mentioned, Here When you delete an Office 365 Group, the associated SharePoint site is sent to a recycle bin. You can see the list of Deleted Sites (aka sites in recycle bin) by going to the newer/...
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