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Azure AD Group does not show group owners under owners tab

I have an Azure AD Group of source = Windows Server AD Group.

On the Overview tab of the group shows the owners listed, however it does not show any Owners listed on Owners tab. Why is such behavior? What is wrong ?

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Solution

  • In Overview tab of the group, what you are seeing is the Group description not the owners list. While creating the AD group, they added group description like that.

    I created one AD group in my Windows Server with similar Group description like below:

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    Now, I used Microsoft Azure AD Connect to sync this group to Azure AD like this:

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    After syncing this to Azure AD, I got same results as you with group description as owners list in Overview tab as below:

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    Note that, you cannot sync on-premises group owners of AD security groups to Azure AD.

    Reference: Sync On Prem AD group owners to Azure AD - Microsoft Q&A by Andy David - MVP