functions/SPClientGroup/New-SPClientGroup.ps1
#Requires -Version 3.0 <# New-SPClientGroup.ps1 Copyright (c) 2017 karamem0 This software is released under the MIT License. https://github.com/karamem0/SPClient/blob/master/LICENSE #> function New-SPClientGroup { <# .SYNOPSIS Creates a new group. .DESCRIPTION The New-SPClientGroup function adds a new group to the site. .PARAMETER ClientContext Indicates the client context. If not specified, uses a default context. .PARAMETER Name Indicates the group name. .PARAMETER Description Indicates the description. .PARAMETER Owner Indicates the owner. .PARAMETER Users Indicates the collection of users to add to group. .PARAMETER Retrieval Indicates the data retrieval expression. .EXAMPLE New-SPClientGroup -Name "Custom Group" .INPUTS None .OUTPUTS Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Group .LINK https://github.com/karamem0/SPClient/blob/master/doc/New-SPClientGroup.md #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext] $ClientContext = $SPClient.ClientContext, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [Alias('Title')] [string] $Name, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string] $Description, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Principal] $Owner, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.User[]] $Users, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string] $Retrieval ) process { if ($ClientContext -eq $null) { throw "Cannot bind argument to parameter 'ClientContext' because it is null." } $Creation = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.GroupCreationInformation $Creation.Title = $Name $Creation.Description = $Description $ClientObject = $ClientContext.Site.RootWeb.SiteGroups.Add($Creation) if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Owner')) { $ClientObject.Owner = $Owner } if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Users')) { foreach ($User in $Users) { $ClientObject.Users.AddUser($User) | Out-Null } } $ClientObject.Update() Invoke-ClientContextLoad ` -ClientContext $ClientContext ` -ClientObject $ClientObject ` -Retrieval $Retrieval Write-Output $ClientObject } } |