getByIds only returns users and groups, not devices

Question

I have the permissions needed to see groups and users, though the docs dont show that i need more for devices.

If i do not specify the type in the body, i can get users and groups without issues, however, with or without type i cannot do it by device id.

I have tried with both the intune device id and also the azure ad device id.

What i can determine from postman and graph explorer that the "id" value of a filtered search of /deviceManagement/managedDevices is that "id" value of the return is the intune device id.

if i do a search for that device using /deviceManagement/managedDevices/{{id}}, i get relevant data.

However, in postman, script, or graph explorer, when i run this command https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directoryObjects/getByIds?$select=id with the body
{
"ids":["44338ff8-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-5c57452b204b","a589a603-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-f7b2de609f66","3d872602-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-19c8e6554b67"]
}

i get a 200 status code and only 1 result, the result being a user. (the ids list contains both devices (intune device id) along with the user id)
if i run the command without the user, i get

{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#directoryObjects(id)",
"value": []
}

Essentially i have a list of deviceIds that i need to parse through without running an individual call for each, which could be thousands.\
Not sure if i needed cloudPC permissions since my devices are whitegloved, but i tried it with and without the permissions to no avail.

Answer 1

Hi @Jay , I think there is an existing issue going on with "getByIds request"

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please refer this DOC for the reference, Hope this helpfull.

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Answer 2

I knew i forgot to add something.

I had already tried that to no avail, see screenshot.
worse even, i tried to took at the metadata to see whats accepted as the directory object but those attempts seem futile.

have you tried this on your end to test?

For posterity, i also tried something a bit more aligned with the rest of the msft naming scheme

Answer 3

any updates on this?

at this point in order for me to get the userId's of the devices i have to run about 1200 individual calls, which is not scalable.