Get incremental changes for users

The delta query in Microsoft Graph lets you query for additions, deletions, or updates to supported resources, through a series of delta requests. For users, the delta query enables you to discover changes without fetching the entire set of users to compare changes.

Clients that synchronize users with a local profile store can use the delta query for both their initial full synchronization along with subsequent incremental synchronizations. Typically, a client does an initial full synchronization of all the users in a tenant, and then gets incremental changes to users periodically.

Track changes to users

Track user changes through one or more GET requests with the delta function. The GET request has the following characteristics:

• The delta function prepended to the URL path.
• A state token (deltatoken or skipToken) from the previous GET delta function call.
• [Optional] Any supported query parameters

Example

This article shows a series of example requests to track changes to users:

1. An initial request and response
2. A nextLink request and response
3. A final nextLink request and response
4. A deltaLink request and deltaLink response

Initial request

To track changes in the user resource, make a request and include the delta function as a URL segment.

Tip

/delta is a shortcut for the fully qualified name /microsoft.graph.delta. Requests generated by Microsoft Graph SDKs use the fully qualified name.

Take note of the following items:

• The optional $select query parameter is included in the request to demonstrate how query parameters are automatically included in future requests. If required, query parameters must be specified in the initial request.
  • Only properties included in $select are tracked for changes. If $select isn't specified, all properties of the object are tracked for changes.
• The initial request doesn't include a state token. State tokens are used in subsequent requests.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$select=displayName,givenName,surname

C#

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

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Users.Delta.GetAsDeltaGetResponseAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Select = new string []{ "displayName","givenName","surname" };
});

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

CLI

mgc users delta get --select "displayName,givenName,surname"

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

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
)

requestParameters := &graphusers.UsersDeltaWithRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Select: [] string {"displayName","givenName","surname"},
}
configuration := &graphusers.UsersDeltaWithRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
delta, err := graphClient.Users().Delta().GetAsDeltaGetResponse(context.Background(), configuration)

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var result = graphClient.users().delta().get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.select = new String []{"displayName", "givenName", "surname"};
});

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let delta = await client.api('/users/delta')
	.select('displayName,givenName,surname')
	.get();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Users\Delta\DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


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

$requestConfiguration = new DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->select = ["displayName","givenName","surname"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->users()->delta()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users.Functions

Get-MgUserDelta -Property "displayName,givenName,surname" 

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.users.delta.delta_request_builder import DeltaRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = DeltaRequestBuilder.DeltaRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		select = ["displayName","givenName","surname"],
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.users.delta.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

Initial response

If successful, this method returns 200 OK response code and user collection object in the response body. Assuming the entire set of users is too large, the response includes a @odata.nextLink state token in an @odata.nextLink parameter.

In this example, a @odata.nextLink URL is returned indicating there are more pages of data to be retrieved in the session. Notice the $skiptoken in the URL. The $select query parameter from the initial request is encoded into the @odata.nextLink URL.

The response also contains an @removed annotation for a user with ID 86462606-fde0-4fc4-9e0c-a20eb73e54c6. The @removed annotation is added in the following scenarios:

• When the user is deleted, the item contains an annotation: @removed with value of "reason": "changed".
• When the user is permanently deleted, the item contains an annotation: @removed with value of "reason": "deleted".
• When the user is created, or restored from the deleted items container, there's no annotation.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users(displayName,givenName,surname)",
  "@odata.nextLink":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$skiptoken=oEBwdSP6uehIAxQOWq_3Ksh_TLol6KIm3stvdc6hGhZRi1hQ7Spe__dpvm3U4zReE4CYXC2zOtaKdi7KHlUtC2CbRiBIUwOxPKLa",
  "value": [
    {
      "displayName":"Cameron White",
      "givenName":"Cameron",
      "surname":"White",
      "id":"ffff7b1a-13b6-477b-8c0c-380905cd99f7"
    },
    {
      "displayName":"Delia Dennis",
      "givenName":"Delia",
      "surname":"Dennis",
      "id":"605d1257-ffff-40b6-8e6f-528a53f5dc55"
    },
    {
      "id": "86462606-fde0-4fc4-9e0c-a20eb73e54c6",
      "@removed": {
        "reason": "deleted"
      }
    },
    {
      "displayName": "Conf Room Adams",
      "id": "6ea91a8d-e32e-41a1-b7bd-d2d185eed0e0"
    }
  ]
}

nextLink request

The second request specifies the skipToken returned from the previous response. Notice the $select parameter is encoded and included in the skipToken.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$skiptoken=oEBwdSP6uehIAxQOWq_3Ksh_TLol6KIm3stvdc6hGhZRi1hQ7Spe__dpvm3U4zReE4CYXC2zOtaKdi7KHlUtC2CbRiBIUwOxPKLa

C#

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

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
// Note: The URI string parameter used with WithUrl() can be retrieved using the OdataNextLink or OdataDeltaLink property from a response object
var result = await graphClient.Users.Delta.WithUrl("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$skiptoken=oEBwdSP6uehIAxQOWq_3Ksh_TLol6KIm3stvdc6hGhZRi1hQ7Spe__dpvm3U4zReE4CYXC2zOtaKdi7KHlUtC2CbRiBIUwOxPKLa").GetAsDeltaGetResponseAsync();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

CLI

mgc users delta get

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

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
)


requestSkiptoken := "oEBwdSP6uehIAxQOWq_3Ksh_TLol6KIm3stvdc6hGhZRi1hQ7Spe__dpvm3U4zReE4CYXC2zOtaKdi7KHlUtC2CbRiBIUwOxPKLa"

requestParameters := &graphusers.UsersDeltaWithRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Skiptoken: &requestSkiptoken,
}
configuration := &graphusers.UsersDeltaWithRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
delta, err := graphClient.Users().Delta().GetAsDeltaGetResponse(context.Background(), configuration)

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.users.delta.DeltaRequestBuilder deltaRequestBuilder = new com.microsoft.graph.users.delta.DeltaRequestBuilder("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$skiptoken=oEBwdSP6uehIAxQOWq_3Ksh_TLol6KIm3stvdc6hGhZRi1hQ7Spe__dpvm3U4zReE4CYXC2zOtaKdi7KHlUtC2CbRiBIUwOxPKLa", graphClient.getRequestAdapter());
com.microsoft.graph.users.delta.DeltaGetResponse result = deltaRequestBuilder.get();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let delta = await client.api('/users/delta')
	.skiptoken('oEBwdSP6uehIAxQOWq_3Ksh_TLol6KIm3stvdc6hGhZRi1hQ7Spe__dpvm3U4zReE4CYXC2zOtaKdi7KHlUtC2CbRiBIUwOxPKLa')
	.get();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Users\Delta\DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


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

$requestConfiguration = new DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->skiptoken = "oEBwdSP6uehIAxQOWq_3Ksh_TLol6KIm3stvdc6hGhZRi1hQ7Spe__dpvm3U4zReE4CYXC2zOtaKdi7KHlUtC2CbRiBIUwOxPKLa";
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->users()->delta()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users.Functions

Get-MgUserDelta -Skiptoken "oEBwdSP6uehIAxQOWq_3Ksh_TLol6KIm3stvdc6hGhZRi1hQ7Spe__dpvm3U4zReE4CYXC2zOtaKdi7KHlUtC2CbRiBIUwOxPKLa" 

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.users.delta.delta_request_builder import DeltaRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = DeltaRequestBuilder.DeltaRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		skiptoken = "oEBwdSP6uehIAxQOWq_3Ksh_TLol6KIm3stvdc6hGhZRi1hQ7Spe__dpvm3U4zReE4CYXC2zOtaKdi7KHlUtC2CbRiBIUwOxPKLa",
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.users.delta.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

nextLink response

The response contains another @odata.nextLink with a new skipToken value, which indicates that more changes that were tracked for users are available. Use the @odata.nextLink URL in more requests until a @odata.deltaLink URL (in an @odata.deltaLink parameter) is returned in the final response, even if the value is an empty array.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users",
  "@odata.nextLink":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$skiptoken=pqwSUjGYvb3jQpbwVAwEL7yuI3dU1LecfkkfLPtnIjtQ5LOhVoS7qQG_wdVCHHlbQpga7",
  "value": [
    {
      "displayName":"Mallory Cortez",
      "givenName":"Mallory",
      "surname":"Cortez",
      "id":"d8c37826-ffff-4cae-b348-e2725b1e814b"
    },
    {
      "displayName":"Diego Sicilian",
      "givenName":"Diego",
      "surname":"Sicilian",
      "id":"8b1ee412-cd8f-4d59-ffff-24010edb9f1f"
    }
  ]
}

Final nextLink request

The third request uses the latest skipToken returned from the last sync request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$skiptoken=pqwSUjGYvb3jQpbwVAwEL7yuI3dU1LecfkkfLPtnIjtQ5LOhVoS7qQG_wdVCHHlbQpga7

C#

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

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
// Note: The URI string parameter used with WithUrl() can be retrieved using the OdataNextLink or OdataDeltaLink property from a response object
var result = await graphClient.Users.Delta.WithUrl("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$skiptoken=pqwSUjGYvb3jQpbwVAwEL7yuI3dU1LecfkkfLPtnIjtQ5LOhVoS7qQG_wdVCHHlbQpga7").GetAsDeltaGetResponseAsync();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

CLI

mgc users delta get

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

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
)


requestSkiptoken := "pqwSUjGYvb3jQpbwVAwEL7yuI3dU1LecfkkfLPtnIjtQ5LOhVoS7qQG_wdVCHHlbQpga7"

requestParameters := &graphusers.UsersDeltaWithRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Skiptoken: &requestSkiptoken,
}
configuration := &graphusers.UsersDeltaWithRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
delta, err := graphClient.Users().Delta().GetAsDeltaGetResponse(context.Background(), configuration)

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.users.delta.DeltaRequestBuilder deltaRequestBuilder = new com.microsoft.graph.users.delta.DeltaRequestBuilder("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$skiptoken=pqwSUjGYvb3jQpbwVAwEL7yuI3dU1LecfkkfLPtnIjtQ5LOhVoS7qQG_wdVCHHlbQpga7", graphClient.getRequestAdapter());
com.microsoft.graph.users.delta.DeltaGetResponse result = deltaRequestBuilder.get();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let delta = await client.api('/users/delta')
	.skiptoken('pqwSUjGYvb3jQpbwVAwEL7yuI3dU1LecfkkfLPtnIjtQ5LOhVoS7qQG_wdVCHHlbQpga7')
	.get();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Users\Delta\DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


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

$requestConfiguration = new DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->skiptoken = "pqwSUjGYvb3jQpbwVAwEL7yuI3dU1LecfkkfLPtnIjtQ5LOhVoS7qQG_wdVCHHlbQpga7";
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->users()->delta()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users.Functions

Get-MgUserDelta -Skiptoken "pqwSUjGYvb3jQpbwVAwEL7yuI3dU1LecfkkfLPtnIjtQ5LOhVoS7qQG_wdVCHHlbQpga7" 

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.users.delta.delta_request_builder import DeltaRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = DeltaRequestBuilder.DeltaRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		skiptoken = "pqwSUjGYvb3jQpbwVAwEL7yuI3dU1LecfkkfLPtnIjtQ5LOhVoS7qQG_wdVCHHlbQpga7",
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.users.delta.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

Final nextLink response

This response includes an @odata.deltaLink URL, which indicates there's no more data about the existing state of the user objects. For future requests, the application uses the @odata.deltaLink URL to learn about other changes to users. Save the deltatoken and use it in the subsequent request URL to discover more changes to users.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users",
  "@odata.deltaLink":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$deltatoken=oEcOySpF_hWYmTIUZBOIfPzcwisr_rPe8o9M54L45qEXQGmvQC6T2dbL-9O7nSU-njKhFiGlAZqewNAThmCVnNxqPu5gOBegrm1CaVZ-ZtFZ2tPOAO98OD9y0ao460",
  "value": [
    {
      "displayName":"Lidia Holloway",
      "givenName":"Lidia",
      "surname":"Holloway",
      "id":"25dcffff-959e-4ece-9973-e5d9b800e8cc"
    },
    {
      "displayName":"Patti Fernandez",
      "givenName":"Patti",
      "surname":"Fernandez",
      "id":"f6ede700-27d0-4c42-bfb9-4dffff43c74a"
    }
  ]
}

deltaLink request

Using the deltatoken from the last response, you get changes (additions, deletions, or updates) to users since the last request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$deltatoken=oEcOySpF_hWYmTIUZBOIfPzcwisr_rPe8o9M54L45qEXQGmvQC6T2dbL-9O7nSU-njKhFiGlAZqewNAThmCVnNxqPu5gOBegrm1CaVZ-ZtFZ2tPOAO98OD9y0ao460

C#

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

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
// Note: The URI string parameter used with WithUrl() can be retrieved using the OdataNextLink or OdataDeltaLink property from a response object
var result = await graphClient.Users.Delta.WithUrl("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$deltatoken=oEcOySpF_hWYmTIUZBOIfPzcwisr_rPe8o9M54L45qEXQGmvQC6T2dbL-9O7nSU-njKhFiGlAZqewNAThmCVnNxqPu5gOBegrm1CaVZ-ZtFZ2tPOAO98OD9y0ao460").GetAsDeltaGetResponseAsync();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

CLI

mgc users delta get

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

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
)


requestDeltatoken := "oEcOySpF_hWYmTIUZBOIfPzcwisr_rPe8o9M54L45qEXQGmvQC6T2dbL-9O7nSU-njKhFiGlAZqewNAThmCVnNxqPu5gOBegrm1CaVZ-ZtFZ2tPOAO98OD9y0ao460"

requestParameters := &graphusers.UsersDeltaWithRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Deltatoken: &requestDeltatoken,
}
configuration := &graphusers.UsersDeltaWithRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
delta, err := graphClient.Users().Delta().GetAsDeltaGetResponse(context.Background(), configuration)

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.users.delta.DeltaRequestBuilder deltaRequestBuilder = new com.microsoft.graph.users.delta.DeltaRequestBuilder("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$deltatoken=oEcOySpF_hWYmTIUZBOIfPzcwisr_rPe8o9M54L45qEXQGmvQC6T2dbL-9O7nSU-njKhFiGlAZqewNAThmCVnNxqPu5gOBegrm1CaVZ-ZtFZ2tPOAO98OD9y0ao460", graphClient.getRequestAdapter());
com.microsoft.graph.users.delta.DeltaGetResponse result = deltaRequestBuilder.get();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let delta = await client.api('/users/delta')
	.get();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Users\Delta\DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


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

$requestConfiguration = new DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->deltatoken = "oEcOySpF_hWYmTIUZBOIfPzcwisr_rPe8o9M54L45qEXQGmvQC6T2dbL-9O7nSU-njKhFiGlAZqewNAThmCVnNxqPu5gOBegrm1CaVZ-ZtFZ2tPOAO98OD9y0ao460";
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->users()->delta()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users.Functions

Get-MgUserDelta -Deltatoken "oEcOySpF_hWYmTIUZBOIfPzcwisr_rPe8o9M54L45qEXQGmvQC6T2dbL-9O7nSU-njKhFiGlAZqewNAThmCVnNxqPu5gOBegrm1CaVZ-ZtFZ2tPOAO98OD9y0ao460" 

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.users.delta.delta_request_builder import DeltaRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = DeltaRequestBuilder.DeltaRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		deltatoken = "oEcOySpF_hWYmTIUZBOIfPzcwisr_rPe8o9M54L45qEXQGmvQC6T2dbL-9O7nSU-njKhFiGlAZqewNAThmCVnNxqPu5gOBegrm1CaVZ-ZtFZ2tPOAO98OD9y0ao460",
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.users.delta.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.

deltaLink response

If there are no changes, a @odata.deltaLink is returned with no results - the value property is an empty array.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users",
  "@odata.deltaLink":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$deltatoken=MF1LuFYbK6Lw4DtZ4o9PDrcGekRP65WEJfDmM0H26l4v9zILCPFiPwSAAeRBghxgiwsXEfywcVQ9R8VEWuYAB50Yw3KvJ-8Z1zamVotGX2b_AHVS_Z-3b0NAtmGpod",
  "value": []
}

If there are changes, a collection of changed user objects is included. The response also contains either a @odata.nextLink - in case there are multiple pages of changes to retrieve - or a @odata.deltaLink. Implement the same pattern of following the @odata.nextLink and persist the final @odata.deltaLink for future calls.

Note

This request might have replication delays for users that were recently created, updated, or deleted. Retry the @odata.nextLink or @odata.deltaLink after some time to retrieve the latest changes.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users",
  "@odata.deltaLink":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$deltatoken=MF1LuFYbK6Lw4DtZ4o9PDrcGekRP65WEJfDmM0H26l4v9zILCPFiPwSAAeRBghxgiwsXEfywcVQ9R8VEWuYAB50Yw3KvJ-8Z1zamVotGX2b_AHVS_Z-3b0NAtmGpod",
  "value": [
    {
      "displayName":"MOD Administrator",
      "givenName":"MOD",
      "surname":"Administrator",
      "id":"25dcffff-959e-4ece-9973-e5d9b800e8cc"
    },
    {
      "id":"8ffff70c-1c63-4860-b963-e34ec660931d",
      "@removed": {
         "reason": "changed"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Related content

• Microsoft Graph delta query overview.