Remove-MsolGroupMember - Remove Members from Office 365 Group

The Remove-MsolGroupMember command in PowerShell removes a member from a security group in Office 365. This member can be either a user or a group.

The syntax to remove a member from the specific security group in Office 365 is given below.

Remove-MsolGroupMember
      -GroupObjectId <Guid>
      [-GroupMemberType <GroupMemberType>]
      [-GroupMemberObjectId <Guid>]
      [-TenantId <Guid>]
      [<CommonParameters>]

In this article, we will discuss how to use the Remove-MsolGroupMember cmdlet in PowerShell to remove a member from the Office 365 group.

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1 How to Remove a User from a Group in Office 365

2 Conclusion

3 Related Links

How to Remove a User from a Group in Office 365

To remove a user from a Group in Office 365, use the Remove-MsolGroupMember cmdlet. This command uses the -GroupObjectId to specify the groupId. The -GroupMemberObjectId parameter specifies userId and the -GroupMemberType parameter specifies the User type.

# Get the User
$User = Get-MsolUser -UserPrincipalName "[email protected]" 

# Get the Group object in Office 365 
$Group = Get-MsolGroup -ObjectId "008f363f-5b3a-4899-8004-a2d140426802"

# Add a new user to the security group
Remove-MsolGroupMember -GroupObjectId $Group.ObjectId -GroupMemberObjectId $User.ObjectId -GroupMemberType User

In this example, the Remove-MsolGroupMember cmdlet removes a user with a user principal name “[email protected]” from the group in Office 365.

Conclusion

I hope the above article on how to use the Remove-MsolGroupMember cmdlet in PowerShell to remove a member from the security group in Office 365 is helpful to you.

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