directoryObject: getMemberGroups

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Return all the group IDs for the groups that the specified user, group, service principal, organizational contact, device, or directory object is a member of. This function is transitive.

This API returns up to 11,000 group IDs. If more than 11,000 results are available, it returns a 400 Bad Request error with the Directory_ResultSizeLimitExceeded error code. If you get the Directory_ResultSizeLimitExceeded error code, use the List group transitive memberOf API instead.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Group memberships for a directory object

Here, the permission allows you to read any directory object, regardless of the object type. To scope the operation to a specific object type and use lesser-privileged permissions, refer to other permissions tables on this page.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Directory.Read.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Directory.Read.All

Group memberships for a user

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	User.ReadBasic.All and GroupMember.Read.All, User.Read.All and GroupMember.Read.All, User.ReadBasic.All and Group.Read.All, User.Read.All and Group.Read.All, Directory.Read.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	User.ReadBasic.All and GroupMember.Read.All, User.Read.All and GroupMember.Read.All, User.ReadBasic.All and Group.Read.All, User.Read.All and Group.Read.All, Directory.Read.All

Group memberships for a group

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	GroupMember.Read.All, Group.Read.All, Directory.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	GroupMember.Read.All, Group.Read.All, Directory.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All

Group memberships for a service principal

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Application.Read.All, Directory.Read.All, Application.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Application.Read.All, Directory.Read.All, Application.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All

Group memberships for an organizational contact

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All

Group memberships for a device

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Application.Read.All	Application.ReadWrite.All, Device.Read.All, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, GroupMember.Read.All, User.Read.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Application.Read.All	Application.ReadWrite.All, Device.Read.All, Device.ReadWrite.All, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, GroupMember.Read.All, User.Read.All

HTTP request

Group memberships for a directory object (user, group, service principal, or organizational contact).

POST /directoryObjects/{id}/getMemberGroups

Group memberships for the signed-in user or other users.

POST /me/getMemberGroups
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/getMemberGroups

Group memberships for a group.

POST /groups/{id}/getMemberGroups

Group memberships for a service principal.

POST /servicePrincipals/{id}/getMemberGroups

Group memberships for an organizational contact.

POST /contacts/{id}/getMemberGroups

Group memberships for a device.

POST /devices/{id}/getMemberGroups

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
securityEnabledOnly	Boolean	true to specify that only security groups that the entity is a member of should be returned; false to specify that all groups and directory roles that the entity is a member of should be returned. true can be specified only for users or service principals to return security-enabled groups.

Response

If successful, this method returns 200 OK response code and String collection object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Check group memberships for a directory object

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directoryObjects/0049d944-a805-4680-9f54-3ab292090309/getMemberGroups
Content-type: application/json

{
    "securityEnabledOnly": false
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.DirectoryObjects.Item.GetMemberGroups;

var requestBody = new GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody
{
	SecurityEnabledOnly = false,
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.DirectoryObjects["{directoryObject-id}"].GetMemberGroups.PostAsGetMemberGroupsPostResponseAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc directory-objects get-member-groups post --directory-object-id {directoryObject-id} --body '{\
    "securityEnabledOnly": false\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphdirectoryobjects "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/directoryobjects"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphdirectoryobjects.NewGetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody()
securityEnabledOnly := false
requestBody.SetSecurityEnabledOnly(&securityEnabledOnly) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
getMemberGroups, err := graphClient.DirectoryObjects().ByDirectoryObjectId("directoryObject-id").GetMemberGroups().PostAsGetMemberGroupsPostResponse(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.directoryobjects.item.getmembergroups.GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody getMemberGroupsPostRequestBody = new com.microsoft.graph.directoryobjects.item.getmembergroups.GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody();
getMemberGroupsPostRequestBody.setSecurityEnabledOnly(false);
var result = graphClient.directoryObjects().byDirectoryObjectId("{directoryObject-id}").getMemberGroups().post(getMemberGroupsPostRequestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const string = {
    securityEnabledOnly: false
};

await client.api('/directoryObjects/0049d944-a805-4680-9f54-3ab292090309/getMemberGroups')
	.post(string);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\DirectoryObjects\Item\GetMemberGroups\GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody();
$requestBody->setSecurityEnabledOnly(false);

$result = $graphServiceClient->directoryObjects()->byDirectoryObjectId('directoryObject-id')->getMemberGroups()->post($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.DirectoryObjects

$params = @{
	securityEnabledOnly = $false
}

Get-MgDirectoryObjectMemberGroup -DirectoryObjectId $directoryObjectId -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.directoryobjects.item.get_member_groups.get_member_groups_post_request_body import GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody(
	security_enabled_only = False,
)

result = await graph_client.directory_objects.by_directory_object_id('directoryObject-id').get_member_groups.post(request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the 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/v1.0/$metadata#Collection(Edm.String)",
    "value": [
        "a8daa1fb-d24c-47d0-9e9e-c99e83394e3e"
    ]
}

Example 2: Check group memberships for the signed-in user

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/getMemberGroups
Content-type: application/json

{
  "securityEnabledOnly": true
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Me.GetMemberGroups;

var requestBody = new GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody
{
	SecurityEnabledOnly = true,
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Me.GetMemberGroups.PostAsGetMemberGroupsPostResponseAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc users get-member-groups post --user-id {user-id} --body '{\
  "securityEnabledOnly": true\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphusers "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/users"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphusers.NewItemGetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody()
securityEnabledOnly := true
requestBody.SetSecurityEnabledOnly(&securityEnabledOnly) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
getMemberGroups, err := graphClient.Me().GetMemberGroups().PostAsGetMemberGroupsPostResponse(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.users.item.getmembergroups.GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody getMemberGroupsPostRequestBody = new com.microsoft.graph.users.item.getmembergroups.GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody();
getMemberGroupsPostRequestBody.setSecurityEnabledOnly(true);
var result = graphClient.me().getMemberGroups().post(getMemberGroupsPostRequestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const string = {
  securityEnabledOnly: true
};

await client.api('/me/getMemberGroups')
	.post(string);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Users\Item\GetMemberGroups\GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody();
$requestBody->setSecurityEnabledOnly(true);

$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->getMemberGroups()->post($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users.Actions

$params = @{
	securityEnabledOnly = $true
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Get-MgUserMemberGroup -UserId $userId -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.users.item.get_member_groups.get_member_groups_post_request_body import GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = GetMemberGroupsPostRequestBody(
	security_enabled_only = True,
)

result = await graph_client.me.get_member_groups.post(request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

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/v1.0/$metadata#Collection(Edm.String)",
    "value": [
        "6239671a-0db6-4e8b-9d2f-f280efb5a181",
        "2e2f1227-1586-45ae-bf51-fccc1de72625",
        "1dae9306-be75-4c3c-99ec-0316a4342c84",
        "0e2d1bbb-76f8-4140-bda7-2a858b74507e",
        "0049d944-a805-4680-9f54-3ab292090309",
        "a8daa1fb-d24c-47d0-9e9e-c99e83394e3e",
        "6f204729-1b8f-4067-bcc9-98fb6c069ffd",
        "59afd38d-441a-4358-b074-8b9b1e7de52f",
        "64ed3df3-53c7-4d4d-ac5c-5c8dd4dafe33",
        "8b676bab-4b1e-419e-a253-7f5aca97d739",
        "be4ef325-9fa8-40d7-b375-4758853ddf52",
        "f5987b5a-61f6-4c31-9fa2-7bfb845c8d2a"
    ]
}