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accessDriftReport: downloadFile

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Download the latest tenant-wide access drift report file directly. The response streams the raw file bytes without exposing a SAS URI. The report includes all catalogs and resources for the specified resource type.

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permission Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) EntitlementManagement.Read.All EntitlementManagement.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application EntitlementManagement.Read.All EntitlementManagement.ReadWrite.All

Important

For delegated access using work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role that grants the permissions required for this operation. This operation supports the following built-in roles, which provide only the least privilege necessary:

  • Directory Readers
  • Reports Reader
  • Identity Governance Administrator

HTTP request

POST /identityGovernance/insights/accessDriftReport/microsoft.graph.downloadFile

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the parameters.

Parameter Type Description
request accessDriftReportRequest Required. The access drift report request. The request must include the resourceType and reportFormat properties. This action doesn't support filtering by catalog or resource. To retrieve catalog-scoped access drift data, use the access drift summary and details APIs with a catalog filter.

Response

If successful, this action returns a 200 OK response code and the report file content in the response body. The response sets Content-Disposition: attachment with the filename.

If the requested report has not been generated yet, this action returns a 202 Accepted response code with no response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/identityGovernance/insights/accessDriftReport/microsoft.graph.downloadFile
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "request": {
    "resourceType": "group",
    "reportFormat": "csv"
  }
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/csv
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="accessDriftReport_group_generatedOn_2026-10-09_tenantId_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001.csv"

resourceId,resourceName,resourceType,catalogIdentifier,catalogName,driftType,identityId,principalName
grp-hr-001,HR Team,group,cat-002,HR catalog,unauthorized,user-001,jane@contoso.com
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