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Find-PAGroupConsolidation

SYNOPSIS

Identifies opportunities to consolidate individual role assignments into groups.

SYNTAX

__AllParameterSets

Find-PAGroupConsolidation [-Assignments] <psobject[]> [[-MinimumGroupSize] <int>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

ALIASES

None.

DESCRIPTION

Analyzes PA.Assignment objects to find patterns where multiple principals share the same role at the same scope, indicating that a group-based assignment would simplify management. Only considers User and ServicePrincipal assignments (groups are already consolidated). Generates one PA.Finding per consolidation opportunity.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

$findings = Find-PAGroupConsolidation -Assignments $assignments

EXAMPLE 2

$findings = Find-PAGroupConsolidation -Assignments $assignments -MinimumGroupSize 5

PARAMETERS

-Assignments

Array of PA.Assignment objects from collectors.

Type: System.Management.Automation.PSObject[]
DefaultValue: ''
SupportsWildcards: false
Aliases: []
ParameterSets:
- Name: (All)
  Position: 0
  IsRequired: true
  ValueFromPipeline: false
  ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName: false
  ValueFromRemainingArguments: false
DontShow: false
AcceptedValues: []
HelpMessage: ''

-MinimumGroupSize

Minimum number of distinct principals sharing the same role+scope before a consolidation finding is generated. Defaults to 3.

Type: System.Int32
DefaultValue: 3
SupportsWildcards: false
Aliases: []
ParameterSets:
- Name: (All)
  Position: 1
  IsRequired: false
  ValueFromPipeline: false
  ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName: false
  ValueFromRemainingArguments: false
DontShow: false
AcceptedValues: []
HelpMessage: ''

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

None.

OUTPUTS

PSCustomObject (PA.CollectorResult) wrapping PA.Finding items.

NOTES

Part of the PermissionAnalyzer module.