Add directory role member

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06/08/2023

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.

Create a new directory role member.

You can use both the object ID and template ID of the directoryRole with this API. The template ID of a built-in role is immutable and can be seen in the role description on the Microsoft Entra admin center. For details, see Role template IDs.

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)	RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory	Not available.

For delegated scenarios, the calling user needs at least the Privileged Role Administrator Microsoft Entra role.

HTTP request

POST /directoryRoles/{role-id}/members/$ref
POST /directoryRoles/roleTemplateId={roleTemplateId}/members/$ref

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 a directoryObject object.

Response

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

Examples

Example 1: Assign a built-in role to a user

Request

The following example assigns a built-in role to a user.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryRoles/0afed502-2456-4fd4-988e-3c21924c28a7/members/$ref
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.id":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/0f933635-5b77-4cf4-a577-f78a5eb090a2"
}


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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new ReferenceCreate
{
	OdataId = "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/0f933635-5b77-4cf4-a577-f78a5eb090a2",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
await graphClient.DirectoryRoles["{directoryRole-id}"].Members.Ref.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.



mgc-beta directory-roles members ref post --directory-role-id {directoryRole-id} --body '{\
    "@odata.id":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/0f933635-5b77-4cf4-a577-f78a5eb090a2"\
}\
'

Important

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



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

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

requestBody := graphmodels.NewReferenceCreate()
odataId := "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/0f933635-5b77-4cf4-a577-f78a5eb090a2"
requestBody.SetOdataId(&odataId) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphClient.DirectoryRoles().ByDirectoryRoleId("directoryRole-id").Members().Ref().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

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


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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.ReferenceCreate referenceCreate = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.ReferenceCreate();
referenceCreate.setOdataId("https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/0f933635-5b77-4cf4-a577-f78a5eb090a2");
graphClient.directoryRoles().byDirectoryRoleId("{directoryRole-id}").members().ref().post(referenceCreate);

Important

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


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const directoryObject = {
    '@odata.id':'https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/0f933635-5b77-4cf4-a577-f78a5eb090a2'
};

await client.api('/directoryRoles/0afed502-2456-4fd4-988e-3c21924c28a7/members/$ref')
	.version('beta')
	.post(directoryObject);

Important

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


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\ReferenceCreate


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

$requestBody = new ReferenceCreate();
$requestBody->setOdataId('https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/0f933635-5b77-4cf4-a577-f78a5eb090a2');

$graphServiceClient->directoryRoles()->byDirectoryRoleId('directoryRole-id')->members()->ref()->post($requestBody)->wait();

Important

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


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Identity.DirectoryManagement

$params = @{
	"@odata.id" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/0f933635-5b77-4cf4-a577-f78a5eb090a2"
}

New-MgBetaDirectoryRoleMemberByRef -DirectoryRoleId $directoryRoleId -BodyParameter $params

Important

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


from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.reference_create import ReferenceCreate

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = ReferenceCreate(
	odata_id = "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/0f933635-5b77-4cf4-a577-f78a5eb090a2",
)

await graph_client.directory_roles.by_directory_role_id('directoryRole-id').members.ref.post(request_body)

Important

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

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No content

Example 2: Assign a built-in role to a group

Request

You can use a specific resource set like users or groups in the request body, or you can use generic directoryObjects. This example shows how you can use directoryObjects.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryRoles/0afed502-2456-4fd4-988e-3c21924c28a7/members/$ref
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.id":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/2c891f12-928d-4da2-8d83-7d2434a0d8dc"
}


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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new ReferenceCreate
{
	OdataId = "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/2c891f12-928d-4da2-8d83-7d2434a0d8dc",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
await graphClient.DirectoryRoles["{directoryRole-id}"].Members.Ref.PostAsync(requestBody);

Important

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



mgc-beta directory-roles members ref post --directory-role-id {directoryRole-id} --body '{\
    "@odata.id":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/2c891f12-928d-4da2-8d83-7d2434a0d8dc"\
}\
'

Important

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



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

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

requestBody := graphmodels.NewReferenceCreate()
odataId := "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/2c891f12-928d-4da2-8d83-7d2434a0d8dc"
requestBody.SetOdataId(&odataId) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphClient.DirectoryRoles().ByDirectoryRoleId("directoryRole-id").Members().Ref().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

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


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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.ReferenceCreate referenceCreate = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.ReferenceCreate();
referenceCreate.setOdataId("https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/2c891f12-928d-4da2-8d83-7d2434a0d8dc");
graphClient.directoryRoles().byDirectoryRoleId("{directoryRole-id}").members().ref().post(referenceCreate);

Important

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


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const directoryObject = {
    '@odata.id':'https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/2c891f12-928d-4da2-8d83-7d2434a0d8dc'
};

await client.api('/directoryRoles/0afed502-2456-4fd4-988e-3c21924c28a7/members/$ref')
	.version('beta')
	.post(directoryObject);

Important

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


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\ReferenceCreate


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

$requestBody = new ReferenceCreate();
$requestBody->setOdataId('https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/2c891f12-928d-4da2-8d83-7d2434a0d8dc');

$graphServiceClient->directoryRoles()->byDirectoryRoleId('directoryRole-id')->members()->ref()->post($requestBody)->wait();

Important

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


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Identity.DirectoryManagement

$params = @{
	"@odata.id" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/2c891f12-928d-4da2-8d83-7d2434a0d8dc"
}

New-MgBetaDirectoryRoleMemberByRef -DirectoryRoleId $directoryRoleId -BodyParameter $params

Important

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


from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.reference_create import ReferenceCreate

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = ReferenceCreate(
	odata_id = "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/2c891f12-928d-4da2-8d83-7d2434a0d8dc",
)

await graph_client.directory_roles.by_directory_role_id('directoryRole-id').members.ref.post(request_body)

Important

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

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No content

Example 3: Add a new member to a directory role using roleTemplateId

Request

In this request, replace 88d8e3e3-8f55-4a1e-953a-9b9898b8876b with the value of the roleTemplateId for the directory role you wish to assign to the user or directory object. Replace bb165b45-151c-4cf6-9911-cd7188912848 with the id value of your user or directory object.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryRoles/roleTemplateId=88d8e3e3-8f55-4a1e-953a-9b9898b8876b/members/$ref
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.id": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/bb165b45-151c-4cf6-9911-cd7188912848"
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No content

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Add directory role member

Permissions

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: Assign a built-in role to a user

Request

Response

Example 2: Assign a built-in role to a group

Request

Response

Example 3: Add a new member to a directory role using roleTemplateId

Request

Response

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