The Set-MgUserManagerByRef cmdlet in PowerShell assigns a user’s manager.
To use the Set-MgUserManagerByRef cmdlet, you must first connect to your Microsoft 365 tenant using the Connect-MGraph cmdlet. Once you are connected, you can use the Set-MgUserManagerByRef cmdlet.
The syntax to update a user’s manager is given below.
Set-MgUserManagerByRef
-UserId <String>
-OdataId <String>
-BodyParameter <IReferenceUpdate>
[-AdditionalProperties <Hashtable>]
[-OdataType <String>]
[-PassThru]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]In this article, we will discuss using the Set-MgUserManagerByRef cmdlet in PowerShell to assign a manager to the specified user.
How to Update a User’s Manager
To update a user’s manager for the specified user, run the following command.
# Defines the new manager
$NewManager = @{"@odata.id"="https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/d89e3afc-c554-4607-8748-07b78dc7121a"}
# Update the manager
Set-MgUserManagerByRef -UserId '1f149c47-a670-4f12-a4ac-01423cbafb58' -BodyParameter $NewManager
In the above PowerShell script, the first command defines the new manager and stores it in the $NewManager variable. The Set-MgUserManagerByRef command sets the manager for the specified user defined by the -UserId parameter with the value provided on the $NewManager variable.
The output of the above PowerShell script to update a user’s manager is given below.
Conclusion
I hope the above article on how to use the Set-MgUserManagerByRef cmdlet in PowerShell to set the user’s manager is helpful to you.
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