Get administrativeUnit
Namespace: microsoft.graph
Important
APIs under the /beta
version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.
Retrieve the properties and relationships of an administrativeUnit object.
Since the administrativeUnit resource supports extensions, you can also use the GET
operation to get custom properties and extension data in an administrativeUnit instance.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
Global service | US Government L4 | US Government L5 (DOD) | China operated by 21Vianet |
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✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Permissions
Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
Permission type | Least privileged permissions | Higher privileged permissions |
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Delegated (work or school account) | AdministrativeUnit.Read.All | AdministrativeUnit.ReadWrite.All, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. | Not supported. |
Application | AdministrativeUnit.Read.All | AdministrativeUnit.ReadWrite.All, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All |
Important
In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be a member user or be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation.
- Directory Readers - Read basic properties and members of administrative units
- Global Reader - Read all properties of administrative units, including members
- Privileged Role Administrator - Fully manage administrative units, including members, but excluding restricted administrative units. For more information, see Restricted management administrative units in Microsoft Entra ID
HTTP request
GET /administrativeUnits/{id}
GET /directory/administrativeUnits/{id}
Optional query parameters
This method supports the $select
OData query parameter to help customize the response. Extension properties also support query parameters as follows:
Extension type | Comments |
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Schema extensions | Returned only with $select . Supports $filter (eq ). |
Directory extensions | Returned by default. Supports $filter (eq ). |
Request headers
Name | Description |
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Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Request body
Don't supply a request body for this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns a 200 OK
response code and administrativeUnit object in the response body.
Examples
Example 1: Get an administrative unit
Request
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/administrativeUnits/4d7ea995-bc0f-45c0-8c3e-132e93bf95f8
Response
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#administrativeUnits/$entity",
"id": "49eb93f2-a5a2-4567-ad66-76a3ebd01d84",
"deletedDateTime": null,
"displayName": "Seattle District Technical Schools",
"description": "Seattle district technical schools administration",
"visibility": null,
"membershipRule": "(user.country -eq \"United States\")",
"membershipType": "Dynamic",
"membershipRuleProcessingState": "On"
}
Example 2: Get a restricted management administrative unit
Request
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/administrativeUnits/2sd35b05-ae71-48ab-9e7d-4r41a28te37d
Response
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#administrativeUnits/$entity",
"id": "2sd35b05-ae71-48ab-9e7d-4r41a28te37d",
"deletedDateTime": null,
"displayName": "Executive Division",
"description": "Executive division administration",
"isMemberManagementRestricted": true
}