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I'm using the SharePoint HTTP request /_api/spsitemanager/create to create a new SharePoint site and it works fine if I use the "Owner" attribute as user@domain.com in the Body of the request. I would now like to specify an AAD Security Group as the owner of the site during it's creation. Is that possible?

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Nived_Nambiar 18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @randomsky

I think that is possible. Specify group's email id there in owner field, hope that would works

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randomsky 110 on at

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@Nived_Nambiar , since this is a security group it doesn't have an associated email address. I tried using the AAD object ID of that security grou but it doesn't seem to work with that.

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Nived_Nambiar 18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @randomsky

Did you add body in HTTP request like below

{ "request": { "__metadata": { "type": "SP.SPSiteCreationRequest" }, "Title": "New Site", "Url": "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/NewSite", "Description": "This is a new site", "SiteDesignId": "6142d2a0-63a5-4ba0-aede-d9fefca2c767", "WebTemplate": "STS#3", "TimeZoneId": 4, "OwnerIdentifier": "object-id-of-security-group" } }

Add the object id in OwnerIdentifier field

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randomsky 110 on at

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@Nived_Nambiar , getting this error when I try using the above:
The property '__metadata' does not exist on type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.SPSiteCreationRequest'. Make sure to only use property names that are defined by the type.

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Managed to get this working by adding another step where I send a POST request to _api/web/SiteGroups(3)/Users with the ID of the AD group

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