Is there a way to create an email alias using Graph?

Question

I need to create email aliases on one single shared mailbox regularly.
I used to do that manually in the past but now I want to do this automated.

Is there a way to create mail aliases on this shared mailbox using Microsoft Graph?

Answer 1

Hi Macro-3735,

Currently adding proxy address for a mailbox using Graph API is not supported. Please check user resource . You can see a proxyAddresses property available in beta but it is read only and can be updated only through M365 admin center.

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Answer 2

Funny thing is Bing Chat is telling me there is a way on the graph. Does it know something that is not released yet? I think it's making it up or knows that this is something on the new graph api.

Per BingChat:

It looks like you are trying to create an alias for your email address using the Microsoft Graph API. The endpoint you are using, https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/aliases, is correct. However, the body of your request is missing the emailAddress property.

Here is an example of the correct request body to create an alias for your email address:

{
    "emailAddress": "flounder@scaledsolutions.app"
}
You can also specify an optional displayName property to give the alias a name.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

Answer 3

Hello,

I have the same problem. I need to generate a email alias via API call. It is crucial for a usecase. Is there a workaround? Maybe an API endpoint which is invoking a PS script on the outlook server with some variables?