Administrators use Azure Active Directory (AD) groups to manage users and their permissions collectively. It is essential to remove groups that are no longer in use due to organizational changes, as it avoids confusion and streamlines group management. 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 remove a group from Azure AD using PowerShell scripts and ADManager Plus.
Steps to remove a group from Azure AD using PowerShell scripts:
Where <ObjectId> refers to the ID of the group, <ActionPreference> describes the way in which this cmdlet reacts to an information event, and <var> refers to the information variable.
Steps to remove a group from Azure AD using ADManager Plus:
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