Enable guest access for a few specific teams

Managing Guest Access to Azure Active Directory with PowerShell AzureADPreview Module

Installing PowerShell AzureADPreview Module

1. To install the preview version of the PowerShell AzureADPreview module, use the command:
   

Install-module AzureADPreview

1. If you have the General Availability version of the Azure AD PowerShell module (AzureAD) installed, uninstall it before installing the preview version by running the command:
   

Uninstall-Module AzureAD

1. If you already have a preview version installed, run:
   

Install-Module AzureADPreview

to ensure you have the latest version.

Blocking Guest Access for a Specific Group

1. To block guest access for a specific group, run the provided script in your PowerShell session, replace:
   

"<GroupName>"

With the name of the group you want to block guest access for.

1. The script connects to AzureAD, gets the template for the group unified guest directory setting, creates a copy of the setting, sets
   

"AllowToAddGuests" to True

Gets the object ID of the group you specified, and creates a new AzureAD object setting with the updated copy of the directory setting and the group object ID.

1. The script should look like this:

$GroupName = "<GroupName>"

1. Connect-AzureAD

2. $template = Get-AzureADDirectorySettingTemplate | ? {$_.displayname -eq "group.unified.guest"}

    $settingsCopy = $template.CreateDirectorySetting()

    $settingsCopy["AllowToAddGuests"]=$True

    $groupID= (Get-AzureADGroup -SearchString $GroupName).ObjectId

    New-AzureADObjectSetting -TargetType Groups -TargetObjectId $groupID -DirectorySetting $settingsCopy

1. To verify that the script was executed correctly, run the second script provided, which should return values :

{class SettingValue { Name: AllowToAddGuests Value: True }}

1. The verification script should look like this:
   

Get-AzureADObjectSetting -TargetObjectId $groupID -TargetType Groups | fl Values

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