How to find ID of Office 365 Group?

Recently I worked on a Project where I had to provision and modify the Office 365 Groups using the Microsoft Graph APIs. During testing, I had to get the Group ID and pass it to a custom REST endpoint we had built. We used PostMan to test the endpoint. We can get the Office 365 Group’s ID using Microsoft Graph APIs. This approach is fine for the developers but we needed to involve a Power user in the testing. I started digging deep into the Office 365 Groups and that’s when I discover that there are multiple ways to find out the Office 365 group’s ID.

How to find ID of Office 365 Group?

Option 1)
Using Microsoft Graph

Option 2) Using User Interface (These steps are valid as of January 31^st ,2017):

Login to https://www.portal.office.com using Office 365 account.
Click on the Mail Icon.
In the Left-Hand Navigation, expand the “Groups” and click on the Office 365 group in consideration.
Hover over “View group files and activity” and you will find the Group’s team site URL. If you are using Chrome, click on the “Copy Link Address” and paste the link in the notepad. You will find the Group’s team site URL in the following format. https://tenantname.sharepoint.com/_layouts/groupstatus.aspx?id=e90402f7-33d8-4322-b63c-eaab8b9e3ce6&target=documents . The ID here is the Office 365 group’s ID. For example, in this case, the ID of Office 365 Group is “e90402f7-33d8-4322-b63c-eaab8b9e3ce6”.

Option 3) Using Outlook 2016 (These steps are valid as of January 31^st 2017):

Expand the Groups in the Outlook and select the Office 365 group in consideration.
Right click on “View group files and activity” and paste the link in the notepad. You will find the Group’s team site URL in the following format. https://tenantname.sharepoint.com/_layouts/groupstatus.aspx?id=e90402f7-33d8-4322-b63c-eaab8b9e3ce6&target=documents . The id here is the Office 365 group’s ID. For example, in this case, the ID of Office 365 Group is “e90402f7-33d8-4322-b63c-eaab8b9e3ce6”.

In Office 365 things change at fast space. If any of the above steps are not valid, please let me know in the comments section. J

Thanks for reading.

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Prashant G Bhoyar is a Microsoft AI MVP and Microsoft Certified Professional. He currently works as a Senior Solution Architect at WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. (formerly Portal Solutions), one of the top 30 advisory and accounting firms in the United States. He is a trusted advisor and Subject Matter Expert in Intelligent Business Process Automation, development and post-implementation adoption of complex custom solutions in AI, Machine Learning, Bots, Azure, Office 365, and SharePoint. Prashant has supported a multitude of government agencies and non-profit organizations in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Prashant is the co-author of the book “PowerShell for Office 365 “and is the technical reviewer of the book "Pro SharePoint 2013 Administration." He serves on the leadership committee for the Azure Data Fest conference, Artificial Intelligence Fest conference, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning User Group, DC Metro Office 365 User Group, SharePoint Saturday Baltimore event, and SharePoint Saturday Washington DC event. He is a renowned international speaker and actively speaks at technical conferences, most recently in India, Canada, England, Bangladesh, Peru , Washington DC, Austin, New York, Chicago, Seattle, New Orleans, Baltimore, Philadelphia. Fun fact??, Prashant is a recipient of the "Antarctic Service Medal of the United States of America" for his outstanding service in Antarctica.

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