Update groupSetting

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Update the properties of a groupSetting object for tenant-wide group settings or a specific group setting.

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.

For all settings except the Consent Policy Settings object

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

For the Consent Policy Settings object

The following permissions are required to update the "Consent Policy Settings" directorySetting object.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Policy.ReadWrite.Authorization
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Policy.ReadWrite.Authorization

For delegated scenarios, the calling user needs at least one of the following Microsoft Entra roles.

Microsoft Entra role	Allowed privileges
Microsoft Entra Joined Device Local Administrator Directory Readers Global Reader	Read basic properties on setting templates and settings
Groups Administrator Directory Writers	Manage all group settings
Authentication Policy Administrator	Update Password Rule Settings
User Administrator	Read basic properties on setting templates and settings Update settings

HTTP request

Update a tenant-wide setting.

PATCH /groupSettings/{groupSettingId}

Update a group-specific setting.

PATCH /groups/{groupId}/settings/{groupSettingId}

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	{token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json

Request body

In the request body, supply the values for relevant fields that should be updated.

Property	Type	Description
values	settingValue collection	The updated set of values. You must include the entire collection set. You cannot update a single set of values.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code.

Examples

Example 1: Update a tenant-wide group setting

In this example, 84af2ca5-c274-41bf-86e4-6e374ec4def6 is the identifier of the tenant-wide groupSetting object.

Request

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groupSettings/84af2ca5-c274-41bf-86e4-6e374ec4def6
Content-type: application/json

{
    "values": [
        {
            "name": "AllowToAddGuests",
            "value": "false"
        }
    ]
}

C#

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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new GroupSetting
{
	Values = new List<SettingValue>
	{
		new SettingValue
		{
			Name = "AllowToAddGuests",
			Value = "false",
		},
	},
};

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

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

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc group-settings patch --group-setting-id {groupSetting-id} --body '{\
    "values": [\
        {\
            "name": "AllowToAddGuests",\
            "value": "false"\
        }\
    ]\
}\
'

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

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewGroupSetting()


settingValue := graphmodels.NewSettingValue()
name := "AllowToAddGuests"
settingValue.SetName(&name) 
value := "false"
settingValue.SetValue(&value) 

values := []graphmodels.SettingValueable {
	settingValue,
}
requestBody.SetValues(values)

groupSettings, err := graphClient.GroupSettings().ByGroupSettingId("groupSetting-id").Patch(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);

GroupSetting groupSetting = new GroupSetting();
LinkedList<SettingValue> values = new LinkedList<SettingValue>();
SettingValue settingValue = new SettingValue();
settingValue.setName("AllowToAddGuests");
settingValue.setValue("false");
values.add(settingValue);
groupSetting.setValues(values);
GroupSetting result = graphClient.groupSettings().byGroupSettingId("{groupSetting-id}").patch(groupSetting);

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 groupSetting = {
    values: [
        {
            name: 'AllowToAddGuests',
            value: 'false'
        }
    ]
};

await client.api('/groupSettings/84af2ca5-c274-41bf-86e4-6e374ec4def6')
	.update(groupSetting);

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\Models\GroupSetting;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\SettingValue;


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

$requestBody = new GroupSetting();
$valuesSettingValue1 = new SettingValue();
$valuesSettingValue1->setName('AllowToAddGuests');
$valuesSettingValue1->setValue('false');
$valuesArray []= $valuesSettingValue1;
$requestBody->setValues($valuesArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->groupSettings()->byGroupSettingId('groupSetting-id')->patch($requestBody)->wait();

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

PowerShell

Snippet not available

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

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.group_setting import GroupSetting
from msgraph.generated.models.setting_value import SettingValue

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = GroupSetting(
	values = [
		SettingValue(
			name = "AllowToAddGuests",
			value = "false",
		),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.group_settings.by_group_setting_id('groupSetting-id').patch(request_body)

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

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 2: Update a specific group setting

In this example, 0167b5af-f3d1-4910-82d2-398747fa381c is the identifier of the group, and fa6df613-159b-4f94-add2-7093f961900b is the identifier of the groupSetting object.

Request

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/0167b5af-f3d1-4910-82d2-398747fa381c/settings/fa6df613-159b-4f94-add2-7093f961900b
Content-type: application/json

{
  "values": [
    {
      "name": "AllowToAddGuests",
      "value": "true"
    }
  ]
}

C#

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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new GroupSetting
{
	Values = new List<SettingValue>
	{
		new SettingValue
		{
			Name = "AllowToAddGuests",
			Value = "true",
		},
	},
};

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

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

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc groups settings patch --group-id {group-id} --group-setting-id {groupSetting-id} --body '{\
  "values": [\
    {\
      "name": "AllowToAddGuests",\
      "value": "true"\
    }\
  ]\
}\
'

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

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewGroupSetting()


settingValue := graphmodels.NewSettingValue()
name := "AllowToAddGuests"
settingValue.SetName(&name) 
value := "true"
settingValue.SetValue(&value) 

values := []graphmodels.SettingValueable {
	settingValue,
}
requestBody.SetValues(values)

settings, err := graphClient.Groups().ByGroupId("group-id").Settings().ByGroupSettingId("groupSetting-id").Patch(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);

GroupSetting groupSetting = new GroupSetting();
LinkedList<SettingValue> values = new LinkedList<SettingValue>();
SettingValue settingValue = new SettingValue();
settingValue.setName("AllowToAddGuests");
settingValue.setValue("true");
values.add(settingValue);
groupSetting.setValues(values);
GroupSetting result = graphClient.groups().byGroupId("{group-id}").settings().byGroupSettingId("{groupSetting-id}").patch(groupSetting);

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 groupSetting = {
  values: [
    {
      name: 'AllowToAddGuests',
      value: 'true'
    }
  ]
};

await client.api('/groups/0167b5af-f3d1-4910-82d2-398747fa381c/settings/fa6df613-159b-4f94-add2-7093f961900b')
	.update(groupSetting);

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\Models\GroupSetting;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\SettingValue;


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

$requestBody = new GroupSetting();
$valuesSettingValue1 = new SettingValue();
$valuesSettingValue1->setName('AllowToAddGuests');
$valuesSettingValue1->setValue('true');
$valuesArray []= $valuesSettingValue1;
$requestBody->setValues($valuesArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->settings()->byGroupSettingId('groupSetting-id')->patch($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.Groups

$params = @{
	values = @(
		@{
			name = "AllowToAddGuests"
			value = "true"
		}
	)
}

Update-MgGroupSetting -GroupId $groupId -GroupSettingId $groupSettingId -BodyParameter $params

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

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.group_setting import GroupSetting
from msgraph.generated.models.setting_value import SettingValue

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = GroupSetting(
	values = [
		SettingValue(
			name = "AllowToAddGuests",
			value = "true",
		),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').settings.by_group_setting_id('groupSetting-id').patch(request_body)

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

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content