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How to find groups associated with a contact using Microsoft Graph PowerShell

Identifying the groups that a contact is a member of helps administrators understand their resource access levels. This insight helps ensure security and aids in fixing access issues. Microsoft Graph PowerShell helps you find the groups that a contact is associated with using the Get-MgContactMemberOf cmdlet.

Finding a contact's associated groups using Microsoft Graph PowerShell

Prerequisites

Ensure that Microsoft Graph PowerShell module is installed. If not, install it using this script:


                                    Install-Module Microsoft.Graph -Scope CurrentUser

Using the Get-MgContactMemberOf cmdlet

Run the following commands in Microsoft Graph PowerShell to find the groups that a contact is a member of:


                                    Get-MgContactMemberOf 

                                    -OrgContactId <String> 

                                    [-ExpandProperty <String[]>] 

                                    [-Property <String[]>] 

                                    [-Filter <String>] 

                                    [-Search <String>] 

                                    [-Skip <Int32>] 

                                    [-Sort <String[]>] 

                                    [-Top <Int32>] 

                                    [-ConsistencyLevel <String>] 

                                    [-ResponseHeadersVariable <String>] 

                                    [-Headers <IDictionary>] 

                                    [-PageSize <Int32>] 

                                    [-All] 

                                    [-CountVariable <String>] 

                                    [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] 

                                    [<CommonParameters>]

Supported parameters

The following table contains some parameters that can be used along with the Get-MgContactMemberOf cmdlet to find the groups that a contact is a member of.

Parameters	Description
-All	Lists all pages.
-ConsistencyLevel	Indicates the requested consistency level.
-CountVariable	Specifies a count of the total number of items in a collection.
-ExpandProperty	Expands related entities.
-Filter	Filters items by property values.

Limitations of using Microsoft Graph PowerShell to find groups associated with a contact

PowerShell scripts can get complicated with different use cases and scenarios.
IT admins can spend a lot of time debugging errors, which in turn negatively impacts productivity.
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Finding a contact's associated groups using Microsoft Graph PowerShell
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