Managing groups

In Azure AD, groups are meant to act as simple containers for multiple identities so that you can easily assign them to resources instead of giving access to individual objects in your tenant. Once a group has been created, you often want to decide which services it should have access to and what permissions should be assigned to it. In this section, we will cover the process of managing them by giving a group a role assignment.

To get ready, you will need a group that you can manage. If you do not have one, please go back to the Creating groups section and set one up.

Now, we will take a look at how to manage groups. Follow these steps: 

1. When you click on your group, you will gain access to all its settings and configuration details:

Figure 4.23 - Group overview

From this screen, you will be able to perform the following activities:

• • Change the group name, its description, or its membership type by using the Properties button
  • Manage members...