Azure Active Directory - Get members of an Azure Active Directory group

Note: Microsoft has changed the name of Azure Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID. However, Nintex Automation Cloud and the help still refer to this product as Azure Active Directory.

The Azure Active Directory - Get members of an Azure Active Directory group action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. retrieves details of members in a Azure Active Directory group. The member details are stored in the output variables of the action and can be used in other actions of the workflow.

For example, the Store member emails collection output variable contains the email addresses of all of the members of the Azure Active Directory group. You can use this output variable in the Assign a task to multiple users action to send the same task to all of the members of this group.

For more information about Azure Active Directory, see Azure Active Directory.

Important: This action does not return details of members in nested groups.

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Configure the Azure Active Directory - Get members of an Azure Active Directory group action

Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.

Select the name of the group from which you want to retrieve member details in Group name.

Azure Active Directory - Get members of an Azure Active Directory group action fields, buttons, and settings

Field	Description	Variable types
Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.	The Azure Active Directory connection to use.	(n/a)
Group name	The name of the group from which you want to retrieve members details. When a connection is selected, the Group name drop-down is populated with the names of the groups in the Azure Active Directory account. Important: Only Security group type Azure Active Directory groups are shown in the Group name drop-down. The other Azure Active Directory group types are supported and if you want to use a group of a different type, you can insert the group name as a variable. This action does not return details of members in nested groups.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Result	Stores the result of the action in an object with variables that can be used in other actions of the workflow. Contains the following variables: Members: Collection variable that contains variables to store the retrieved member details. Store member emails: Collection variable to store the email addresses of the group members. Tip: You can use the Store member emails collection variable in the Assign a task to multiple users action to send a task to all members of the group.	Object

Field

Description

Variable types

Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.

The Azure Active Directory connection to use.

(n/a)

Group name

The name of the group from which you want to retrieve members details.

When a connection is selected, the Group name drop-down is populated with the names of the groups in the Azure Active Directory account.

Important:

Only Security group type Azure Active Directory groups are shown in the Group name drop-down. The other Azure Active Directory group types are supported and if you want to use a group of a different type, you can insert the group name as a variable.
This action does not return details of members in nested groups.

Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection

Result

Stores the result of the action in an object with variables that can be used in other actions of the workflow. Contains the following variables:

Members: Collection variable that contains variables to store the retrieved member details.
Store member emails: Collection variable to store the email addresses of the group members.

Tip: You can use the Store member emails collection variable in the Assign a task to multiple users action to send a task to all members of the group.

Object