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Added documentational to link to ability to turn off 365 group creation completely via a GUI Entra ID setting. Not sure why this article never mentioned this ability and it can be done simply via GUI.
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By default, all users can create Microsoft 365 groups. This is the recommended approach because it allows users to start collaborating without requiring assistance from IT.
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If your business requires that you restrict who can create groups, you can restrict Microsoft 365 Groups creation to the members of a particular Microsoft 365 group or security group.
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If your business requires that you restrict who can create groups, you can turn off Microsoft 365 Groups creation for users or restrict to the members of a particular Microsoft 365 group or security group.
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If you're concerned about users creating teams or groups that don't comply with your business standards, consider requiring users to complete a training course and then adding them to the group of allowed users.
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- People who are members of Microsoft 365 groups and who don't have the ability to create other groups.
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## Step 1: Create a group for users who need to create Microsoft 365 groups
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## Turn off Group creation
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See [Group settings in the Microsoft Entra admin center](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/users/groups-self-service-management#group-settings) for controlling user's ability for Microsofot 365 Group creation.
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## Restrict to sepcific groups
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The following steps are for restricing group creation for specific users via group.
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### Step 1: Create a group for users who need to create Microsoft 365 groups
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Only one group in your organization can be used to control who is able to create Microsoft 365 Groups. But, you can nest other groups as members of this group.
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For detailed instructions, see [Create, edit, or delete a security group in the Microsoft 365 admin center](../admin/email/create-edit-or-delete-a-security-group.md).
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## Step 2: Run PowerShell commands
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### Step 2: Run PowerShell commands
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Use the [Microsoft Graph PowerShell](/powershell/microsoftgraph/installation) **Beta** module to change the group-level guest access setting:
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If you want to turn off the group creation restriction and again allow all users to create groups, set `$GroupName` to `""` and `$AllowGroupCreation` to `"$true"` and rerun the script.
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## Step 3: Verify that it works
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### Step 3: Verify that it works
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Changes can take 30 minutes or more to take effect. You can verify the new settings by completing the following steps:
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