Get directorySetting

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Retrieve the properties of a specific directory setting object.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

The following tables show the least privileged permission or permissions required to call this API on each supported resource type. Follow best practices to request least privileged permissions. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

List tenant-wide settings

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) Directory.Read.All Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application Directory.Read.All Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All

List group-specific settings

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) Directory.Read.All Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application Directory.Read.All Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All

For delegated scenarios, the calling user needs at least one of the following Microsoft Entra roles.

Microsoft Entra role Allowed privileges
Microsoft Entra Joined Device Local Administrator
Directory Readers
Global Reader
Read basic properties on setting templates and settings
Groups Administrator
Directory Writers
Manage all group settings
Authentication Policy Administrator Update Password Rule Settings
User Administrator Read basic properties on setting templates and settings
Update settings

HTTP request

Get a tenant-wide setting.

GET /settings/{directorySettingId}

Get a group-specific setting.

GET /groups/{groupId}/settings/{directorySettingId}

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $select OData query parameters to help customize the response.

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and directorySetting object in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/settings/f0b2d6f5-097d-4177-91af-a24e530b53cc

Response

The following example shows the 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/beta/$metadata#settings/$entity",
  "id": "f0b2d6f5-097d-4177-91af-a24e530b53cc",
  "displayName": "Group.Unified",
  "templateId": "62375ab9-6b52-47ed-826b-58e47e0e304b",
  "values": [
    {
      "name": "NewUnifiedGroupWritebackDefault",
      "value": "false"
    },
    {
      "name": "EnableMIPLabels",
      "value": "true"
    },
    {
      "name": "CustomBlockedWordsList",
      "value": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "EnableMSStandardBlockedWords",
      "value": "true"
    },
    {
      "name": "ClassificationDescriptions",
      "value": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "DefaultClassification",
      "value": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "PrefixSuffixNamingRequirement",
      "value": "[Contoso-][GroupName]"
    },
    {
      "name": "AllowGuestsToBeGroupOwner",
      "value": "false"
    },
    {
      "name": "AllowGuestsToAccessGroups",
      "value": "true"
    },
    {
      "name": "GuestUsageGuidelinesUrl",
      "value": "https://privacy.contoso.com/privacystatement"
    },
    {
      "name": "GroupCreationAllowedGroupId",
      "value": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "AllowToAddGuests",
      "value": "true"
    },
    {
      "name": "UsageGuidelinesUrl",
      "value": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "ClassificationList",
      "value": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "EnableGroupCreation",
      "value": "true"
    }
  ]
}