Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) groups are used by administrators to simplify administration of users and their permissions efficiently. Owners of Azure AD groups have administrative control over that specific group and are responsible for managing the group's membership, settings, and other configurations. To ensure controlled delegation of administrative tasks and limited exposure to security risks, owners of a group need to be monitored and their permissions are to be managed regularly. The cmdlet in the table below can be used for retrieving group owners of an Azure AD group. ADManager Plus, a unified Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Exchange, and Google Workspace management and reporting tool, can also be used to accomplish this task.
The following table is a comparison on how to find the owners of an Azure AD group using PowerShell scripts and ADManager Plus.
Steps to find the owners of an Azure AD group using PowerShell scripts:
where <GroupID> refers to the ObjectID of the group for which the owners need to be listed.
Steps to find the owners of an Azure AD group using ADManager Plus:
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Entra ID group management and reporting
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For GPO Management
For Password Management
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For File Access Management
For AD Computer Management
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