Group creation

The following table lists the required fields that are used to create a group.

Table 1. Required group creation fields
Title Description
Group Name The name of the group.
Group Description A description for the group.
Group Owner Type User or Group. The Group Owner ID must be either a user or group based on this selection.
Group Owner ID If the user is selected in the Group Owner Type field, the full domain qualified user ID or Claims ID must be specified. If the group is selected, it must be a group that exists in Sharepoint.
Note: To obtain the full Claims ID, append the Claims Prefix, which is stored as erspdomain in the account object, with the Claims Value, which is stored as eruid in the account object. If it is a Windows Authentication claim, add a backslash (\) after the domain name.
Group Default User A full domain qualified user ID. The user must exist in the backing store. If no user is specified then the administration user that is used in the configuration of the profile is set in this field.