Change notifications for user groups

Azizkhon Ishankhonov 275

Hi,

I want to get a notification when the user was added, or deleted from MS Teams -> Team only via delegated permission, on behalf of the user due to security policy.

I tried to use change notifications via Graph API for the following resources:

/me/memberOf
/users/{user-id}/memberOf

but did not get notifications. The documentation says that it is possible to subscribe but latency is unknown: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/change-notifications-overview

Also, I tried to make a workaround via Outlook message but the message does not contain the ID of the group/team.

Why is latency unknown and can it be configured?
Is there any other way to get a notification/event when the user was added or deleted to teams group via Graph API?

JimmyYang-MSFT 49,541 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-05-03T07:04:01.4566667+00:00

Hi @Azizkhon Ishankhonov

Teams tag is mainly focused on the general issue of Microsoft Teams troubleshooting. According to your description, your issue is more related to Teams development, so I will also add Teams development tag to your thread. Thanks for your understanding and patience!
Dinesh Rajagoni (Tata Consultancy Services Limi) 30 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-05-03T09:26:50.48+00:00

Hi Azizkhon - Thanks for raising the query.

We will look into it and let you know the updates.
Dinesh Rajagoni (Tata Consultancy Services Limi) 30 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-05-15T14:05:48.9966667+00:00
Hi Azizkhon,
To receive notifications when a user is added or deleted from a Microsoft Teams team, you can leverage Microsoft Graph change notifications. However, the latency for these notifications is not guaranteed and can vary based on the workload of the Microsoft Graph service. Unfortunately, the latency cannot be configured by the developer.

To subscribe to change notifications for user groups, you need to use the Microsoft Graph API's subscription feature. This allows you to receive notifications when changes occur in the specified resources. In your case, you can subscribe to changes in the /me/memberOf or /users/{user-id}/memberOf resources to monitor when a user is added or removed from a team.

Here is an example of how you can create a subscription for user group changes:

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/subscriptions Content-Type: application/json { "changeType": "updated", "notificationUrl": "https://your-notification-endpoint", "resource": "/me/memberOf", "expirationDateTime": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z", "clientState": "your-client-state" }

In the subscription request:

changeType specifies the type of change you want to be notified about.

notificationUrl is the endpoint where change notifications will be sent.

resource is the specific resource you want to monitor for changes.

expirationDateTime is the date and time when the subscription will expire.

clientState is an optional parameter that you can use to verify the integrity of the notifications.

When a user is added or removed from a team, you will receive a notification at the specified notificationUrl. You can then process this notification to take appropriate actions in your app.

If you are not receiving notifications or need more control over the process, you can consider implementing a workaround using Microsoft Graph API polling. You can periodically query the /me/memberOf or /users/{user-id}/memberOf endpoint to check for changes. However, keep in mind the polling limitations mentioned in the Microsoft Graph documentation to avoid violating the API terms of use.

For more information on change notifications in Microsoft Graph, you can refer to the Microsoft Graph Change Notifications Overview.
Azizkhon Ishankhonov 275 Reputation points

2024-05-17T09:02:28.18+00:00

Well, that is the main problem that latency is unknown. I have tried this approach, but it did not work for me. Currently, the workaround is just to read/subscribe to Mail notifications about the new team.

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