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Department user group naming convention

Entra group of users, by department.

The pattern

Object - Department - Purpose

GRP-FIN-PowerBiProUsers

23 of 256 characters for an Entra group

What each part means

PartHereWhat it saysOther values
ObjectGRPWhat the item targets or is: devices, users, a group, an app.DEV, USR, APP
DepartmentFINThe department it belongs to.IT, HR, SALES, MKT, OPS
PurposePowerBiProUsersWhat the item does, in your own words.free text

Parts are joined with “-”. In the builder you can change every value, the separator and the order, add parts and remove them.

When to use it

For groups of users by department, used for licences and for policies assigned to users.

  • Use the department codes HR already uses, so the names mean something outside IT.
  • Say what the members have in common: OnboardingUsers, FieldStaff, IntuneAdmins.

More names in this pattern

  • GRP-FIN-PowerBiProUsers
  • GRP-HR-OnboardingUsers
  • GRP-IT-IntuneAdmins
  • GRP-SALES-FieldStaff