azuread_group can create multiple groups with the same name

[simongottschlag]

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Terraform (and AzureAD Provider) Version

Terraform v0.12.16
+ provider.azuread v0.7.0
+ provider.azurerm v1.37.0

Affected Resource(s)

• azuread_group

Terraform Configuration Files

resource "azuread_group" "aadGroupOwner" {
    name        = "aad-sec-u-dev-test-owner"
}

Expected Behavior

Create a group if another one with the same name does not exists.

Actual Behavior

Creates a group even if there's another one with the exact same name but different ID.

Steps to Reproduce

Create the group in two different states.

Important Factoids

When using Azure Portal, it's not possible to create a group if there's already an existing one.

[katbyte]

Hi @simongottschlag ,

Unfortunately the API works on GUID IDs. For now you can import the group via the app ID. In the future we could add a flag check_name_availiblity/prevent_duplicate_names which checks if the name is in use during creation and fails if it is.

[simongottschlag]

@katbyte thank you for the clarification! Not a big issue, as long as we don't loose our state. Looking forward to the new release!

[ghost]

This has been released in version 0.11.0 of the provider. Please see the Terraform documentation on provider versioning or reach out if you need any assistance upgrading. As an example:

provider "azuread" {
    version = "~> 0.11.0"
}
# ... other configuration ...

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