Control: 1.19 Ensure that 'Users can create Microsoft 365 groups in Azure Portals' is set to 'No'
Description
Restrict Microsoft 365 group creation to administrators only.
Restricting Microsoft 365 group creation to administrators only ensures that creation of Microsoft 365 groups is controlled by the administrator. Appropriate groups should be created and managed by the administrator and group creation rights should not be delegated to any other user.
Remediation
From Console
- Log in to Azure Active Directory
- Go to
Groups - Go to
Generalin setting section - Set
Users can create Microsoft 365 groups in Azure Portalsto No
Note: By default, Users can create Microsoft 365 groups in Azure Portals is set to Yes.
Usage
Run the control in your terminal:
powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v130_1_19Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:
powerpipe loginpowerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v130_1_19 --shareSQL
This control uses a named query:
ad_manual_control