Create administrativeUnit

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Use this API to create a new administrativeUnit.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	AdministrativeUnit.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	AdministrativeUnit.ReadWrite.All

To create an administrative unit, the calling principal must be assigned one of the following Azure AD roles:

• Privileged Role Administrator
• Global Administrator

HTTP request

POST /directory/administrativeUnits

Request headers

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

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of an administrativeUnit object.

Because the administrativeUnit resource supports extensions, you can use the POST operation and add custom properties with your own data to the administrative unit while creating it.

Response

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

Example

Request

The following is an example of the request.

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",
    "visibility": "HiddenMembership"
}

C#

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var administrativeUnit = new AdministrativeUnit
{
	DisplayName = "Seattle District Technical Schools",
	Description = "Seattle district technical schools administration",
	Visibility = "HiddenMembership"
};

await graphClient.Directory.AdministrativeUnits
	.Request()
	.AddAsync(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',
    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.

Java

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

AdministrativeUnit administrativeUnit = new AdministrativeUnit();
administrativeUnit.displayName = "Seattle District Technical Schools";
administrativeUnit.description = "Seattle district technical schools administration";
administrativeUnit.visibility = "HiddenMembership";

graphClient.directory().administrativeUnits()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(administrativeUnit);

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

Go

//THE GO SDK IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClient(requestAdapter)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewAdministrativeUnit()
displayName := "Seattle District Technical Schools"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
description := "Seattle district technical schools administration"
requestBody.SetDescription(&description) 
visibility := "HiddenMembership"
requestBody.SetVisibility(&visibility) 

result, 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.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.DirectoryManagement

$params = @{
	DisplayName = "Seattle District Technical Schools"
	Description = "Seattle district technical schools administration"
	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.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);

$requestBody = new AdministrativeUnit();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Seattle District Technical Schools');

$requestBody->setDescription('Seattle district technical schools administration');

$requestBody->setVisibility('HiddenMembership');



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

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

---

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of an administrativeUnit object.

Response

The following is an example of 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",
    "visibility": "HiddenMembership"
}

See also

• Add custom data to resources using extensions
• Add custom data to users using open extensions (preview)