Entra ID Security Group Names
Pattern: GRP-[SEC or M365]-[optional:additional one-word description]-[Department/Team/Project/Product/Purpose]-[optional:PERMISSIONS]
SEC stands for Security Enabled and M365 stands for Microsoft 365 groups. Group names must always be capitalized apart from the [Department/Team/Project/Product/Purpose] and the [PERMISSIONS]. You may choose to not use an additional one-word description or a department/team/purpose, but one of them is required.
| Example | Notes |
|---|---|
GRP-SEC-IT-Admin | IT administrators with full system access |
GRP-M365-Sales-ReadOnly | Sales team with read-only access to sales data |
GRP-SEC-Finance-Approvers | Finance team members who can approve transactions |
GRP-M365-Marketing-Contributors | Marketing team with content creation permissions |
GRP-SEC-HR-Restricted | HR team with access to sensitive employee data |
GRP-SEC-HR | HR department |
GRP-SEC-Collab-Sales | The sales team for a project/product called COLLAB |
GRP-M365-Collab-Owners | The owners for a project/product called COLLAB |
GRP-M365-Collab-Visitors | The visitors for a project/product called Collab |