Create administrativeUnit

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.

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 /administrativeUnits
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.

You can specify the following properties when creating an administrativeUnit.

Property	Type	Description
description	String	Description for the administrative unit. Optional.
displayName	String	Display name for the administrative unit. Required.
membershipRule	String	Dynamic membership rule for the administrative unit. For more about the rules that you can use for dynamic administrative units and dynamic groups, see Using attributes to create advanced rules. Optional.
membershipRuleProcessingState	String	Used to control whether the dynamic membership rule is actively processed. Set to On when you want the dynamic membership rule to be active and Paused if you want to stop updating membership dynamically. Optional.
membershipType	String	Membership type for the administrative unit. Can be dynamic or assigned. Optional.
visibility	String	Visibility for the administrative unit. If not set, then the default is public. Can be set to HiddenMembership, which hides the membership from non-members. Optional.

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

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/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"
}

C#

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

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var requestBody = new AdministrativeUnit
{
	DisplayName = "Seattle District Technical Schools",
	Description = "Seattle district technical schools administration",
	AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
	{
		{
			"membershipType" , "Dynamic"
		},
		{
			"membershipRule" , "(user.country -eq \"United States\")"
		},
		{
			"membershipRuleProcessingState" , "On"
		},
	},
};
var result = await graphClient.AdministrativeUnits.PostAsync(requestBody);

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.

Go

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

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewAdministrativeUnit()
displayName := "Seattle District Technical Schools"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
description := "Seattle district technical schools administration"
requestBody.SetDescription(&description) 
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
	"membershipType" : "Dynamic", 
	"membershipRule" : "(user.country -eq \"United States\")", 
	"membershipRuleProcessingState" : "On", 
}
requestBody.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)

result, err := graphClient.AdministrativeUnits().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

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

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

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.

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');

$additionalData = [
		'membershipType' => 'Dynamic', 
		'membershipRule' => '(user.country -eq \"United States\")', 
		'membershipRuleProcessingState' => 'On', 
];
$requestBody->setAdditionalData($additionalData);




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

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.

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"
}

New-MgAdministrativeUnit -BodyParameter $params

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

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/beta/$metadata#administrativeUnits/$entity",
    "id": "49eb93f2-a5a2-4567-ad66-76a3ebd01d84",
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "displayName": "Seattle District Technical Schools",
    "description": "Seattle district technical schools administration",
    "membershipRule": "(user.country -eq \"United States\")",
    "membershipType": "Dynamic",
    "membershipRuleProcessingState": "On"
}

See also

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