Create administrativeUnit

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new administrativeUnit.

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)	AdministrativeUnit.ReadWrite.All	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	AdministrativeUnit.ReadWrite.All	Not available.

Important

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be a member user or be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. Privileged Role Administrator is the least privileged role supported for this operation.

HTTP request

POST /directory/administrativeUnits

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 an administrativeUnit object.

You can specify the following properties when you create an administrativeUnit.

Property	Type	Description
description	String	Description for the administrative unit. Optional.
displayName	String	Display name for the administrative unit. Required.
isMemberManagementRestricted	Boolean	true if members of this administrative unit should be treated as sensitive, which requires specific permissions to manage. If not set, the default value is null and the default behavior is false. Use this property to define administrative units with roles that don't inherit from tenant-level administrators, and where the management of individual member objects is limited to administrators scoped to a restricted management administrative unit. This property is immutable and can't be changed later. Optional.
membershipRule	String	The dynamic membership rule for the administrative unit. For more information about the rules you can use for dynamic administrative units and dynamic groups, see Manage rules for dynamic membership groups in Microsoft Entra ID. Optional.
membershipRuleProcessingState	String	Controls whether the dynamic membership rule is actively processed. Set to On to activate the dynamic membership rule, or Paused to stop updating membership dynamically. Optional.
membershipType	String	Indicates the membership type for the administrative unit. The possible values are: dynamic, assigned. If not set, the default value is null and the default behavior is assigned. Optional.
visibility	String	The visibility of the administrative unit. If not set, the default value is null and the default behavior is public. It can be set to HiddenMembership to hide the membership from nonmembers. Optional.

The administrativeUnit resource supports extensions, which allows you to use the POST operation to add custom properties with your own data when you create the administrative unit.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and an administrativeUnit object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Create an administrative unit

The following example shows how to create an administrative unit.

Request

The following example shows a request that creates a new administrative unit with a dynamic membership rule to include all users whose country is the United States.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directory/administrativeUnits
Content-type: application/json

{
    "displayName": "Seattle District Technical Schools",
    "description": "Seattle district technical schools administration",
    "membershipType": "Dynamic",
    "membershipRule": "(user.country -eq \"United States\")",
    "membershipRuleProcessingState": "On",
    "visibility": "HiddenMembership"
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new AdministrativeUnit
{
	DisplayName = "Seattle District Technical Schools",
	Description = "Seattle district technical schools administration",
	MembershipType = "Dynamic",
	MembershipRule = "(user.country -eq \"United States\")",
	MembershipRuleProcessingState = "On",
	Visibility = "HiddenMembership",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Directory.AdministrativeUnits.PostAsync(requestBody);

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

CLI

mgc directory administrative-units create --body '{\
    "displayName": "Seattle District Technical Schools",\
    "description": "Seattle district technical schools administration",\
    "membershipType": "Dynamic",\
    "membershipRule": "(user.country -eq \"United States\")",\
    "membershipRuleProcessingState": "On",\
    "visibility": "HiddenMembership"\
}\
'

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

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewAdministrativeUnit()
displayName := "Seattle District Technical Schools"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
description := "Seattle district technical schools administration"
requestBody.SetDescription(&description) 
membershipType := "Dynamic"
requestBody.SetMembershipType(&membershipType) 
membershipRule := "(user.country -eq \"United States\")"
requestBody.SetMembershipRule(&membershipRule) 
membershipRuleProcessingState := "On"
requestBody.SetMembershipRuleProcessingState(&membershipRuleProcessingState) 
visibility := "HiddenMembership"
requestBody.SetVisibility(&visibility) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
administrativeUnits, err := graphClient.Directory().AdministrativeUnits().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

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

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

AdministrativeUnit administrativeUnit = new AdministrativeUnit();
administrativeUnit.setDisplayName("Seattle District Technical Schools");
administrativeUnit.setDescription("Seattle district technical schools administration");
administrativeUnit.setMembershipType("Dynamic");
administrativeUnit.setMembershipRule("(user.country -eq \"United States\")");
administrativeUnit.setMembershipRuleProcessingState("On");
administrativeUnit.setVisibility("HiddenMembership");
AdministrativeUnit result = graphClient.directory().administrativeUnits().post(administrativeUnit);

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 administrativeUnit = {
    displayName: 'Seattle District Technical Schools',
    description: 'Seattle district technical schools administration',
    membershipType: 'Dynamic',
    membershipRule: '(user.country -eq \"United States\")',
    membershipRuleProcessingState: 'On',
    visibility: 'HiddenMembership'
};

await client.api('/directory/administrativeUnits')
	.post(administrativeUnit);

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

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\AdministrativeUnit;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new AdministrativeUnit();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Seattle District Technical Schools');
$requestBody->setDescription('Seattle district technical schools administration');
$requestBody->setMembershipType('Dynamic');
$requestBody->setMembershipRule('(user.country -eq \"United States\")');
$requestBody->setMembershipRuleProcessingState('On');
$requestBody->setVisibility('HiddenMembership');

$result = $graphServiceClient->directory()->administrativeUnits()->post($requestBody)->wait();

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

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.DirectoryManagement

$params = @{
	displayName = "Seattle District Technical Schools"
	description = "Seattle district technical schools administration"
	membershipType = "Dynamic"
	membershipRule = "(user.country -eq "United States")"
	membershipRuleProcessingState = "On"
	visibility = "HiddenMembership"
}

New-MgDirectoryAdministrativeUnit -BodyParameter $params

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

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.administrative_unit import AdministrativeUnit
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = AdministrativeUnit(
	display_name = "Seattle District Technical Schools",
	description = "Seattle district technical schools administration",
	membership_type = "Dynamic",
	membership_rule = "(user.country -eq \"United States\")",
	membership_rule_processing_state = "On",
	visibility = "HiddenMembership",
)

result = await graph_client.directory.administrative_units.post(request_body)

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

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#administrativeUnits/$entity",
    "id": "7a3dc8f3-b3a0-4164-9a99-ed36f3af039f",
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "displayName": "Seattle District Technical Schools",
    "description": "Seattle district technical schools administration",
    "membershipRule": "(user.country -eq \"United States\")",
    "membershipType": "Dynamic",
    "membershipRuleProcessingState": "On",
    "visibility": "HiddenMembership"
}

Example 2: Create a restricted management administrative unit

The following example shows how to create a new restricted management administrative unit. The isMemberManagementRestricted property is immutable and can't be changed later.

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directory/administrativeUnits
Content-type: application/json

{
    "displayName": "Executive Division",
    "description": "Executive division administration",
    "isMemberManagementRestricted": true
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new AdministrativeUnit
{
	DisplayName = "Executive Division",
	Description = "Executive division administration",
	IsMemberManagementRestricted = true,
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Directory.AdministrativeUnits.PostAsync(requestBody);

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

CLI

mgc directory administrative-units create --body '{\
    "displayName": "Executive Division",\
    "description": "Executive division administration",\
    "isMemberManagementRestricted": true\
}\
'

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

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewAdministrativeUnit()
displayName := "Executive Division"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
description := "Executive division administration"
requestBody.SetDescription(&description) 
isMemberManagementRestricted := true
requestBody.SetIsMemberManagementRestricted(&isMemberManagementRestricted) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
administrativeUnits, err := graphClient.Directory().AdministrativeUnits().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

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

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

AdministrativeUnit administrativeUnit = new AdministrativeUnit();
administrativeUnit.setDisplayName("Executive Division");
administrativeUnit.setDescription("Executive division administration");
administrativeUnit.setIsMemberManagementRestricted(true);
AdministrativeUnit result = graphClient.directory().administrativeUnits().post(administrativeUnit);

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 administrativeUnit = {
    displayName: 'Executive Division',
    description: 'Executive division administration',
    isMemberManagementRestricted: true
};

await client.api('/directory/administrativeUnits')
	.post(administrativeUnit);

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

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\AdministrativeUnit;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new AdministrativeUnit();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Executive Division');
$requestBody->setDescription('Executive division administration');
$requestBody->setIsMemberManagementRestricted(true);

$result = $graphServiceClient->directory()->administrativeUnits()->post($requestBody)->wait();

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

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.DirectoryManagement

$params = @{
	displayName = "Executive Division"
	description = "Executive division administration"
	isMemberManagementRestricted = $true
}

New-MgDirectoryAdministrativeUnit -BodyParameter $params

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

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.administrative_unit import AdministrativeUnit
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = AdministrativeUnit(
	display_name = "Executive Division",
	description = "Executive division administration",
	is_member_management_restricted = True,
)

result = await graph_client.directory.administrative_units.post(request_body)

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

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#administrativeUnits/$entity",
    "id": "2sd35b05-ae71-48ab-9e7d-4r41a28te37d",
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "displayName": "Executive Division",
    "description": "Executive division administration",
    "isMemberManagementRestricted": true,
    "visibility": null
}

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