Update group

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.

Update the properties of a group 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

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

HTTP request

PATCH /groups/{id}

Request headers

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

Request body

In the request body, supply only the values for properties that should be updated. Existing properties that are not included in the request body will maintain their previous values or be recalculated based on changes to other property values.

The following table specifies the properties that can be updated.

Property	Type	Description
allowExternalSenders	Boolean	Default is false. Indicates whether people external to the organization can send messages to the group.
assignedLabels	assignedLabel collection	The list of sensitivity label pairs (label ID, label name) associated with a Microsoft 365 group. This property can be updated only in delegated scenarios where the caller requires both the Microsoft Graph permission and a supported administrator role.
autoSubscribeNewMembers	Boolean	Default is false. Indicates whether new members added to the group will be auto-subscribed to receive email notifications. autoSubscribeNewMembers can't be true when subscriptionEnabled is set to false on the group.
description	String	An optional description for the group.
displayName	String	The display name for the group. This property is required when a group is created and it cannot be cleared during updates.
mailNickname	String	The mail alias for the group, unique for Microsoft 365 groups in the organization. Maximum length is 64 characters. This property can contain only characters in the ASCII character set 0 - 127 except the following: @ () \ [] " ; : . <> , SPACE.
preferredDataLocation	String	The preferred data location for the Microsoft 365 group. To update this property, the calling user must be assigned at least one of the following Microsoft Entra roles: User Account Administrator Directory Writer Exchange Administrator SharePoint Administrator For more information about this property, see OneDrive Online Multi-Geo.
securityEnabled	Boolean	Specifies whether the group is a security group, including Microsoft 365 groups.
uniqueName	String	The unique identifier that can be assigned to a group and used as an alternate key. Can updated only if null and is immutable once set.
visibility	String	Specifies the visibility of a Microsoft 365 group. Possible values are: Private, Public, or empty (which is interpreted as Public).
writebackConfiguration	groupWritebackConfiguration	Specifies whether or not a group is configured to write back group object properties to on-premise Active Directory. These properties are used when group writeback is configured in the Microsoft Entra Connect sync client.

Important

• To update the following properties, you must specify them in their own PATCH request, without including the other properties listed in the previous table: allowExternalSenders, autoSubscribeNewMembers, hideFromAddressLists, hideFromOutlookClients, isSubscribedByMail, unseenCount.
• Only a subset of the group API that pertains to core group administration and management supports application and delegated permissions. All other members of the group API, including updating autoSubscribeNewMembers, support only delegated permissions.
• The rules for updating mail-enabled security groups in Microsoft Exchange Server can be complex; to learn more, see Manage mail-enabled security groups in Exchange Server.
• Application permissions are not supported when updating assignedLabels.

Manage extensions and associated data

Use this API to manage the directory, schema, and open extensions and their data for groups, as follows:

• Add, update and store data in the extensions for an existing group.
• For directory and schema extensions, remove any stored data by setting the value of the custom extension property to null. For open extensions, use the Delete open extension API.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code—except a 200 OK response code when updating the following properties: allowExternalSenders, autoSubscribeNewMembers, hideFromAddressLists, hideFromOutlookClients, isSubscribedByMail, unseenCount.

Examples

Example 1: Update display name and description of a group

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups/0d09007d-45b2-458c-b180-880dde3a302e
Content-type: application/json

{
   "description":"Contoso Life v2.0",
   "displayName":"Contoso Life Renewed"
}

C#

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

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

var requestBody = new Group
{
	Description = "Contoso Life v2.0",
	DisplayName = "Contoso Life Renewed",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Groups["{group-id}"].PatchAsync(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.

CLI

mgc-beta groups patch --group-id {group-id} --body '{\
   "description":"Contoso Life v2.0",\
   "displayName":"Contoso Life Renewed"\
}\
'

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

// 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.NewGroup()
description := "Contoso Life v2.0"
requestBody.SetDescription(&description) 
displayName := "Contoso Life Renewed"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
groups, err := graphClient.Groups().ByGroupId("group-id").Patch(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.

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Group group = new Group();
group.setDescription("Contoso Life v2.0");
group.setDisplayName("Contoso Life Renewed");
Group result = graphClient.groups().byGroupId("{group-id}").patch(group);

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 group = {
   description: 'Contoso Life v2.0',
   displayName: 'Contoso Life Renewed'
};

await client.api('/groups/0d09007d-45b2-458c-b180-880dde3a302e')
	.version('beta')
	.update(group);

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
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\Group;


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

$requestBody = new Group();
$requestBody->setDescription('Contoso Life v2.0');
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Contoso Life Renewed');

$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->patch($requestBody)->wait();

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.Beta.Groups

$params = @{
	description = "Contoso Life v2.0"
	displayName = "Contoso Life Renewed"
}

Update-MgBetaGroup -GroupId $groupId -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.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.group import Group
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Group(
	description = "Contoso Life v2.0",
	display_name = "Contoso Life Renewed",
)

result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').patch(request_body)

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 example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 2: Apply sensitivity label to a Microsoft 365 group

Request

You can obtain the ID of the label you want to apply to a Microsoft 365 group by using List label. Then you can update the assignedLabels property of the group with the label ID.

Note: Use of this API to apply sensitivity labels to Microsoft 365 groups is only supported for delegated permission scenarios.

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups/{id}
Content-type: application/json

{
  "assignedLabels":
  [
    {
        "labelId" : "45cd0c48-c540-4358-ad79-a3658cdc5b88"
    }
  ]
}

C#

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

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

var requestBody = new Group
{
	AssignedLabels = new List<AssignedLabel>
	{
		new AssignedLabel
		{
			LabelId = "45cd0c48-c540-4358-ad79-a3658cdc5b88",
		},
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Groups["{group-id}"].PatchAsync(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.

CLI

mgc-beta groups patch --group-id {group-id} --body '{\
  "assignedLabels":\
  [\
    {\
        "labelId" : "45cd0c48-c540-4358-ad79-a3658cdc5b88"\
    }\
  ]\
}\
'

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

// 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.NewGroup()


assignedLabel := graphmodels.NewAssignedLabel()
labelId := "45cd0c48-c540-4358-ad79-a3658cdc5b88"
assignedLabel.SetLabelId(&labelId) 

assignedLabels := []graphmodels.AssignedLabelable {
	assignedLabel,
}
requestBody.SetAssignedLabels(assignedLabels)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
groups, err := graphClient.Groups().ByGroupId("group-id").Patch(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.

Java

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

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Group group = new Group();
LinkedList<AssignedLabel> assignedLabels = new LinkedList<AssignedLabel>();
AssignedLabel assignedLabel = new AssignedLabel();
assignedLabel.setLabelId("45cd0c48-c540-4358-ad79-a3658cdc5b88");
assignedLabels.add(assignedLabel);
group.setAssignedLabels(assignedLabels);
Group result = graphClient.groups().byGroupId("{group-id}").patch(group);

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 group = {
  assignedLabels: 
  [
    {
        labelId: '45cd0c48-c540-4358-ad79-a3658cdc5b88'
    }
  ]
};

await client.api('/groups/{id}')
	.version('beta')
	.update(group);

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
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\Group;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\AssignedLabel;


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

$requestBody = new Group();
$assignedLabelsAssignedLabel1 = new AssignedLabel();
$assignedLabelsAssignedLabel1->setLabelId('45cd0c48-c540-4358-ad79-a3658cdc5b88');
$assignedLabelsArray []= $assignedLabelsAssignedLabel1;
$requestBody->setAssignedLabels($assignedLabelsArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->patch($requestBody)->wait();

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.Beta.Groups

$params = @{
	assignedLabels = @(
		@{
			labelId = "45cd0c48-c540-4358-ad79-a3658cdc5b88"
		}
	)
}

Update-MgBetaGroup -GroupId $groupId -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.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.group import Group
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.assigned_label import AssignedLabel
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Group(
	assigned_labels = [
		AssignedLabel(
			label_id = "45cd0c48-c540-4358-ad79-a3658cdc5b88",
		),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').patch(request_body)

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 example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

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