List directoryRoles

Namespace: microsoft.graph

List the directory roles that are activated in the tenant.

This operation only returns roles that have been activated. A role becomes activated when an admin activates the role using the Activate directoryRole API. Not all built-in roles are initially activated.

When assigning a role using the Azure portal, the role activation step is implicitly done on the admin's behalf. To get the full list of roles that are available in Azure AD, use List directoryRoleTemplates.

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)	RoleManagement.Read.Directory, Directory.Read.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	RoleManagement.Read.Directory, Directory.Read.All, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory, Directory.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

GET /directoryRoles

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $count, $select, $search, $filter (eq), and $expand OData query parameters to help customize the response.

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Do not supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a collection of directoryRole objects in the response body.

Example

Request

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directoryRoles

C#

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

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var result = await graphClient.DirectoryRoles.GetAsync();

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-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)



result, err := graphClient.DirectoryRoles().Get(context.Background(), nil)

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();

DirectoryRoleCollectionPage directoryRoles = graphClient.directoryRoles()
	.buildRequest()
	.get();

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);

let directoryRoles = await client.api('/directoryRoles')
	.get();

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);


$result = $graphServiceClient->directoryRoles()->get();

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

Get-MgDirectoryRole

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

Response

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

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#directoryRoles",
  "value": [
    {
      "id": "9ed3a0c4-53e1-498c-ab4d-2473476fde14",
      "deletedDateTime": null,
      "description": "Can manage all aspects of Azure AD and Microsoft services that use Azure AD identities.",
      "displayName": "Global Administrator",
      "roleTemplateId": "62e90394-69f5-4237-9190-012177145e10"
    },
    {
      "id": "f8e85ed8-f66f-4058-b170-3efae8b9c6e5",
      "deletedDateTime": null,
      "description": "Device Administrators",
      "displayName": "Azure AD Joined Device Local Administrator",
      "roleTemplateId": "9f06204d-73c1-4d4c-880a-6edb90606fd8"
    },
    {
      "id": "fe8f10bf-c9c2-47eb-95cb-c26cc85f1830",
      "deletedDateTime": null,
      "description": "Can read basic directory information. Commonly used to grant directory read access to applications and guests.",
      "displayName": "Directory Readers",
      "roleTemplateId": "88d8e3e3-8f55-4a1e-953a-9b9898b8876b"
    }
  ]
}