Update authentication signInPreferences

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.

Update the properties of a signInPreferences object.

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 permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite	UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite	UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All

For delegated scenarios where an admin is acting on another user, the administrator needs at least the Authentication Administrator or Privileged Authentication Administrator Microsoft Entra role.

HTTP request

PATCH /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/authentication/signInPreferences

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply only the values for properties that should be updated. Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintains their previous values or be recalculated based on changes to other property values.

The following table specifies the properties that can be updated.

Property	Type	Description
isSystemPreferredAuthenticationMethodEnabled	Boolean	Indicates whether the credential preferences of the system are enabled.
userPreferredMethodForSecondaryAuthentication	userDefaultAuthenticationMethodType	The default second-factor method used by the user when signing in. If a user is enabled for system-preferred authentication, then this value is ignored except for a few scenarios where a user is authenticating via NPS extension or ADFS adapter. Possible values are push, oath, voiceMobile, voiceAlternateMobile, voiceOffice, sms, and unknownFutureValue

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code. It doesn't return anything in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following is an example of a request.

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/071cc716-8147-4397-a5ba-b2105951cc0b/authentication/signInPreferences
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "userPreferredMethodForSecondaryAuthentication": "oath"
}

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

SignInPreferences signInPreferences = new SignInPreferences();
signInPreferences.userPreferredMethodForSecondaryAuthentication = UserDefaultAuthenticationMethodType.OATH;

graphClient.customRequest("/users/071cc716-8147-4397-a5ba-b2105951cc0b/authentication/signInPreferences", SignInPreferences.class)
	.buildRequest()
	.patch(signInPreferences);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const signInPreferences = {
  userPreferredMethodForSecondaryAuthentication: 'oath'
};

await client.api('/users/071cc716-8147-4397-a5ba-b2105951cc0b/authentication/signInPreferences')
	.version('beta')
	.update(signInPreferences);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content