Get all security group names using SharePoint object model

In this post we will discuss about how to get all security group names using SharePoint object model.

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You can get the security group names using SharePoint object model by using the SPGroup class.

Here is the code below:

using (SPSite siteCollection = new SPSite("Ur Site collection URL"))
{
using(SPWeb site = siteCollection.OpenWeb)
{
foreach(SPGroup group in site.Groups)
{
string groupName=group.Name;
}
}
}

It will give you all the group names available in the current site inside the site collection. Also one thing to remember is that you can not create a Group at the site level, always you have to create in the Site collection.

The below code shows how to add a group to a site collection:

site.SiteGroups.Add("NewSecurityGroup",site.CurrentUser,site.CurrentUser,"A new group");