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Update-MgUser giving error "Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation"

Anhvariel 0 Reputation points
2023-03-21T03:45:23.72+00:00

Attempting to update a field (About Me) in an Azure AD user account. I've created an app, attached a certificate and assigned the API permission "Directory.ReadWrite.All". I am able to successfully connect to Graph, read user data, just not update anything, I get the error when running the Update-MgUser command "Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation."

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A Microsoft programmability model that exposes REST APIs and client libraries to access data on Microsoft 365 services.
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  1. Shivam Dhiman 6,051 Reputation points
    2023-03-21T06:27:52.63+00:00

    Hi @Anhvariel

    I was able to replicate the same issue. Please Consent Sites.readwrite.all application permission before running this Graph API endpoint. After adding this permission, I got desired result.

    Hope this helps.

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  2. Zehui Yao_MSFT 5,856 Reputation points
    2023-03-21T09:10:22.9533333+00:00

    Hi I can use Update-MgUser locally, would you mind more details to help us better solve your problem?

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