{"id":4526,"date":"2015-07-24T09:49:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T09:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ngenioussolutions.com\/blog\/?p=86"},"modified":"2025-12-01T13:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:17:31","slug":"how-to-update-sharepoints-group-owner-using-powershell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngenioussolutions.com\/blog\/how-to-update-sharepoints-group-owner-using-powershell\/","title":{"rendered":"How to update SharePoint’s Group Owner using PowerShell"},"content":{"rendered":"

#Enter the site URL for which the group owner needs to be updated
\n$webUrl = “http:\/\/test.company.com\/man”<\/p>\n

Write-Output “Getting site object”
\n$web = Get-SPWeb $webUrl
\nWrite-Output “Success”<\/p>\n

Write-Output “Getting User Group”
\n$spGroups = $web.groups
\n#Get the owner group
\n$UserGroup = $spGroups | where {$_.Name -eq “User”}
\nWrite-Output “Success”<\/p>\n

foreach($group in $spGroups)
\n{
\nif($group.Name.StartsWith(“User”))
\n{
\nWrite-Output “Updating owner of group – $group”
\n$group.Owner = $UserGroup
\n$group.Update()
\nWrite-Output “Successfully updated”
\n}
\n}<\/p>\n

$web.Dispose()
\nWrite-Output “script ended”<\/p>\n

\n

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