Microsoft Graph SharedwithMe endpoint alternative for personal accounts

Question

Hi,

I have seen this concern getting raised and is there any official alternative provided by Microsoft team for the SharedwithMe endpoint? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/drive-sharedwithme?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http

I have updated the endpoint to use Search API instead for business user flow while this API does not support personal accounts, it is clear that personal accounts also are now functioning in a degraded state returning only one item for the share with me item list. Would like to know how this can be resolved for personal accounts.

TIA

Answer 1

Hi @Tharushi De Silva

Based on the current Microsoft Graph documentation, there does not appear to be an official 1:1 replacement endpoint for /me/drive/sharedWithMe when using a personal Microsoft account (MSA).

The official documentation marks sharedWithMe as deprecated and indicates that the API will continue operating in a degraded state until November 2026, after which it will stop returning data. This may also explain the behavior you are seeing today, where only a very limited number of shared items are returned, such as a single shared file.

For work or school accounts, Microsoft recommends moving toward solutions based on Microsoft Graph Search / Microsoft Search. However, this approach does not currently provide full feature parity for personal Microsoft accounts and is not documented as a direct replacement for the "Shared with me" experience in personal OneDrive accounts.

You may also find it useful to review the workaround approach shared by Jonas H in this thread. However, this is a community-provided workaround, not an officially documented replacement from Microsoft.

In the future, if there are any official updates regarding this issue, Microsoft will communicate them through official documentation and announcements. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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