04 Aug 2025 1 min read Microsoft 365

Security-Enable a Microsoft 365 Group

We can set the securityEnabled property to true using scripts or, Microsoft Graph. The instructions below describe the easiest way to do so.

A Microsoft 365 Group can be an easy way to allow some end users to control who access to SharePoint or a Team in Microsoft Teams. However, it can't be used (by default) to share a Power App. To do so, we must first set the securityEnabled property of the Group to true.

Get the Microsoft 365 Group ID

Open Azure Portal.
Go to Entra Groups.
Find the Group you want to update and click on it to open the details.
Copy the "Object ID" value on the Overview page. It should be formatted like this: 1b248e9f-f78b-4227-989c-c8b01d8689e2.

Update the Microsoft 365 Group Properties

Open Microsoft Graph Explorer .
Sign into Graph Explorer as an admin.
In the Graph Explorer query bar, enter https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{yourgroupid} where the {yourgroupid} is the ID of your Microsoft 365 Group.
Change the GET dropdown to PATCH.
In the Request Body, add {"securityEnabled": true}.
Click the Request Headers tab.
Enter Key = Content-Type and Value = application/json.
Click the Modify Permissions tab again.
Click the Consent button next to Group.ReadWrite.All. A popup will open. Click Accept.
Click the Consent button next to Directory.ReadWrite.All. A popup will open. Click Accept.

Check the Result

Change the PATCH dropdown back to GET.
Run the query.
You should see the details of the Microsoft 365 group and securityEnabled should be set to true.