Update device

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Update the properties of a registered device.

Only certain properties of a device can be updated through approved Mobile Device Managment (MDM) apps.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

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) Directory.AccessAsUser.All Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application Device.ReadWrite.All Directory.ReadWrite.All

In application-only scenarios and for non-Windows devices, that is, where the operatingSystem property is not Windows, the app can update only the extensionAttributes property.

The calling user must also be in at least the Intune Administrator Microsoft Entra role. A calling user in the Cloud Device Administrator role can only enable or disable devices and a user with the Windows 365 Administrator role can only update basic device properties.

HTTP request

You can address the device using either its id or deviceId.

PATCH /devices/{id}
PATCH /devices(deviceId='{deviceId}')

Request headers

Name Type Description
Authorization string Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

In the request body, supply the values for the device properties that should be updated. Existing properties that are not included in the request body will maintain their previous values or be recalculated based on changes to other property values. For best performance you shouldn't include existing values that haven't changed.

Property Type Description
accountEnabled Boolean true if the account is enabled; otherwise, false. Only callers with at least the Cloud Device Administrator role can update this property.
operatingSystem String The type of operating system on the device.
operatingSystemVersion String The version of the operating system on the device
displayName String The display name for the device.
isCompliant Boolean true if the device complies with Mobile Device Management (MDM) policies; otherwise, false. This can only be updated by Intune for any device OS type or by an approved MDM app for Windows OS devices.
isManaged Boolean true if the device is managed by a Mobile Device Management (MDM) app; otherwise, false. This can only be updated by Intune for any device OS type or by an approved MDM app for Windows OS devices.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code.

Examples

Example 1: Update the accountEnabled property of a device

Request

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/devices/7c06cd31-7c30-4f3b-a5c3-444cd8dd63ac
Content-type: application/json

{
  "accountEnabled": false
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 2: Write extensionAttributes on a device

Request

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/devices/7c06cd31-7c30-4f3b-a5c3-444cd8dd63ac
Content-type: application/json

{
    "extensionAttributes": {
        "extensionAttribute1": "BYOD-Device"
    }
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content