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StanleyHao
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Jul 29, 2021

how to remove unlicensed people from group chat by powershell?

hi gents,   i have a request to bulk remove unlicensed people from chat group, which is self-organized by random users   since unlicensed people are in many chat groups, manual way costs too much...
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StanleyHao
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Jul 30, 2021
Hi ChrisHoardMVP

Thanks for your replies, similar result as my guess and researches. It is very helpful.

I'll go to uservoice to raise the request.

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ExSportCZ
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Nov 09, 2022

StanleyHao ChrisHoardMVP 

It is possible via MS Graph so if someone will find this thread, this may be still helpful:

#Install-Module -Name Microsoft.Graph (big module!)
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes Chat.ReadBasic,ChatMember.ReadWrite
$mbrs = $null
Get-MgChat -All|where chattype -eq 'group'|%{
	$chatgrps = $_
	$mbr = Get-MgChatMember -ChatId $_.Id
	$mbrs += ,$(''|select @{n='Topic';e={$chatgrps.Topic}},Roles,@{n='ChatType';e={$chatgrps.ChatType}},@{n='CreatedDateTime';e={$chatgrps.CreatedDateTime}},@{n='LastUpdatedDateTime';e={$chatgrps.LastUpdatedDateTime}},@{n='ChatId';e={$chatgrps.Id}},@{n='MembersId';e={$mbr.Id}},@{n='Members';e={$mbr.displayname}})
}
$mbrs|where members -Contains '{Name of the user for removal}'|fl *

This will list all groups where user is joined and its ChatId and MemberId.
Below code (with correct ChatId and MemberId) will remove user from group.

Remove-MgChatMember -ChatId '19:adfgdfgfdff09f9f8cdhdghhfdff4607f@thread.v2' -ConversationMemberId 'MCMfghgfhfghfghJhOGItYgfhfghgf2YfffffZjM2NzIyZjNhIyMxOTphNGQ1NWJlNzAxhgfhfghfg2RmMmJlYWY0NjA3ZkB0aHJlYWQgfhgfhgfNi1iNTRmLTE5fghgfgZTA0MWYyZA=='

Get-MgChat (Microsoft.Graph.Teams) | Microsoft Learn

Remove-MgChatMember (Microsoft.Graph.Teams) | Microsoft Learn

 

Hope it helps.

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