Bulk operations in Microsoft Entra ID (Preview)

2025-08-19

The new bulk operations experience in Microsoft Entra ID provides enhanced capabilities for managing Groups and Devices. This service enables bulk actions including create, update, and delete operations. The improved service delivers better performance, reduces timeouts, and removes scaling limitations for large tenants.

Note

The new bulk operations service currently only supports Groups, Devices, and Users export. Support for additional entities like Enterprise applications will be added in a future update.

For information about limitations and to learn more about the previous Bulk Operations experience, see Bulk operations service limitations.

Bulk download groups

To download all groups in your organization:

Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center and in the left-hand navigation pane, select the Groups tab and then All groups.
Select Download groups.
Enter a filename and select Start bulk operation.
Select the Click here to view the status of each operation link to navigate to the Bulk operations blade.
Select the filename to download the CSV file containing all groups with the specified columns.

Download filtered groups

To download a filtered subset of groups:

Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center and in the left-hand navigation pane, select the Groups tab.
Select Manage filters to edit the column filters.
Select Download groups.
Follow steps 3-5 from Bulk download groups.

Bulk download group members

To download all members of a specific group:

Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center and in the left-hand navigation pane, select the Groups tab.
Select a group from the list and navigate to the Members tab.
Select Bulk operations > Download members.
Enter a filename and select Start download.
Follow the download process as described in Bulk download groups.

Bulk import group members in Microsoft Entra ID

To add multiple members to a group:

Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center and in the left-hand navigation pane, select the Groups tab.
Select a group from the list and navigate to the Members tab.
Select Bulk operations > Import members.
Download the csv template (optional). Rename the ID column name to ObjectId and delete the remainder of columns. Add Object IDs for the members you want to import. Upload your csv file with only the ObjectId column. Note: You can add valid or invalid Object IDs.
Upload the completed CSV file and select Submit.
Monitor the notification for job completion. Select the Success! link to view the operation status.

Important

If you add invalid Object IDs in the uploaded csv file, the bulk operation status shows Failed with reason NotAllRowsSuccessfullyProcessed. You can select on the filename to download a detailed report showing the status of each object ID.

Bulk remove group members

To remove multiple members from a group:

Follow steps 1-2 from Bulk download group members.
Select Bulk operations > Remove members.
Download the csv template (optional). Rename the ID column name to ObjectId and delete the remainder of columns. Add Object IDs for the members you want to import. Upload your csv file with only the ObjectId column. Note: You can add valid or invalid Object IDs.
Upload the completed CSV file and select Submit.
Monitor the notification for job completion. Select the Success! link to view the operation status.
If the operation shows Failed status with reason NotAllRowsSuccessfullyProcessed, select the filename to download a detailed report showing the status of each object ID.
Verify that the specified members were removed from the group.

Delete bulk jobs

To delete completed or failed bulk operations:

Navigate to the Bulk Operations (Preview) page.
Select the bulk job you want to delete.
Select Delete.
Confirm the deletion. The deleted job is removed from the list.

Devices scenario steps

Go to the All devices blade.
Select Download devices.
Enter a filename that matches your naming convention and select Start download.
Verify the notification message and, if the job was submitted successfully, select the Success! or File is ready! Click here to download link.
Select the filename for the bulk job you created to download the CSV file. Verify the CSV contains all devices with the columns you selected when the bulk job was created.