Get a directory setting template

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.

A directory setting template represents a template of settings from which settings may be created within a tenant. This operation allows retrieval of the properties of the directorySettingTemplate object, including the available settings and their defaults.

Note: The /beta version of this API is only applies to groups. The /v1.0 version of this API has been renamed to Get groupSettingTemplate.

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

Important

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation.

  • Microsoft Entra Joined Device Local Administrator - basic properties only
  • Directory Readers
  • Global Reader

HTTP request

GET /directorySettingTemplates/{id}

Optional query parameters

This method supports the 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 directorySettingTemplate object in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directorySettingTemplates/08d542b9-071f-4e16-94b0-74abb372e3d9
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/$metadata#directorySettingTemplates/$entity",
  "id": "08d542b9-071f-4e16-94b0-74abb372e3d9",
  "deletedDateTime": null,
  "displayName": "Group.Unified.Guest",
  "description": "Settings for a specific Unified Group",
  "values": [
    {
      "name": "AllowToAddGuests",
      "type": "System.Boolean",
      "defaultValue": "true",
      "description": "Flag indicating if guests are allowed in a specific Unified Group."
    }
  ]
}