Control: 5.21 Ensure that 'Users can create Microsoft 365 groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell' 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

Remediate from Azure Portal

From Azure Home select the Portal Menu.
Select Microsoft Entra ID.
Under Manage, select Groups.
Under Settings, select General.
Under Microsoft 365 Groups, set Users can create Microsoft 365 groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell to No.
Click Save.

Default Value

By default, Users can create Microsoft 365 groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell is set to Yes.

Usage

Run the control in your terminal:

powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v500_5_21

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe control run azure_compliance.control.cis_v500_5_21 --share

SQL

This control uses a named query:

with distinct_tenant as (
  select
    distinct tenant_id,
    display_name,
    subscription_id,
    _ctx
  from
    azure_tenant
)
select
  id as resource,
  case
    when not (value)::bool then 'ok'
    else 'alarm'
  end as status,
  case
    when not (value)::bool then t.display_name || ' Microsoft 365 group creation is disabled.'
    else t.display_name || ' Microsoft 365 group creation is enabled.'
  end as reason,
  t.tenant_id
  
from
  distinct_tenant as t,
  azuread_directory_setting
where
  name = 'EnableGroupCreation';

Control: 5.21 Ensure that 'Users can create Microsoft 365 groups in Azure portals, API or PowerShell' is set to 'No'

Description

Remediation

Default Value

Usage

SQL

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