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New-MsolAdministrativeUnit – Create Administrative Units in Office 365

The New-MsolAdministrativeUnit cmdlet in PowerShell adds a new administrative unit to Microsoft Office 365.

An administrative unit is a way to organize and delegate administrative tasks and permissions within your Office 365 environment.

In this article, we will discuss how to use the New-MsolAdministrativeUnit cmdlet in PowerShell to create an administrative unit in Azure Active Directory.

New-MsolAdministrativeUnit Syntax

The syntax of the New-MsolAdministrativeUnit cmdlet is given below.

New-MsolAdministrativeUnit
   [-DisplayName <String>]
   [-Description <String>]
   [-TenantId <Guid>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

How to Create a New Administrative Unit in Office 365

To create a new administrative unit in Office 365, use the New-MsolAdministrativeUnit cmdlet in PowerShell.

New-MsolAdministrativeUnit -DisplayName "East Coast" -Description "East Coast region"

The New-MsolAdministrativeUnit command in PowerShell creates an administrative unit called “East Coast” that has a description of the “East Coast region“.

In this example, the New-MsolAdministrativeUnit command uses the -DisplayName parameter to specify the display name for the administrative unit and -Description parameter specifies a description for the administrative unit.

New-MsolAdministrativeUnit in Office 365
New-MsolAdministrativeUnit in Office 365

Conclusion

I hope the above article on how to use the New-MsolAdministrativeUnit cmdlet in PowerShell to create a new administrative unit in Office 365 is helpful to you.

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