Graph API Billable Objects Question.

Question

Hello,

I'm reaching out to figure out if a few types of Graph Requests are billed or not. Specifically we are using the Outlook Connector.

Scope: "User.Read"

--Is this returned object a billable object?
var emails = await graphClient.Users[$"{inboxName}"].Messages

            .Request()
            .Top(1000)
            .Header("Prefer", "IdType=\"ImmutableID\"")
            .Header("Prefer", "outlook.body-content-type=\"text\"")
            .Expand("attachments")
            .Filter($"receivedDateTime ge {recDate}")
            .OrderBy("receivedDateTime ASC")
            .GetAsync();
        return await GetAllPages(emails);

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Hi Shanteau. If a graph endpoint has a license or consumption cost associated with making requests, it will be specifically documented. Querying users does not have any billable cost. The only billable API on MS Graph today is Teams Export. MS Graph Data Connect, while not a REST endpoint, does have costs associated with its use in Azure.

Barry Gervin