Get identityLifecycle

Namespace: microsoft.graph.identityGovernance

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.

Read the properties and relationships of an microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.identityLifecycle object for a servicePrincipal. Use $expand=effectiveGoverningPolicy to retrieve the highest-priority policy governing the identity. The lastAttestationDateTime property can be null for an identity that hasn't yet been attested.

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 permission	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

HTTP request

GET /servicePrincipals/{servicePrincipalsId}/lifecycle

Optional query parameters

This method supports some of the OData query parameters to help customize the response. For general information, see OData query parameters.

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 a microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.identityLifecycle object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/servicePrincipals/55bc54bb-f5ef-431b-9e8f-6ee6320191fe/lifecycle

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.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.agentIdentityLifecycle",
  "id": "55bc54bb-f5ef-431b-9e8f-6ee6320191fe",
  "lastAttestationDateTime": "2026-06-01T12:00:00Z",
  "effectiveGoverningPolicy": {
    "id": "f360e310-e2c9-4bb3-a3ca-791d3c0b6548"
  },
  "complianceIssues": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.identityGovernance.attestationComplianceIssue",
      "issueCode": "SponsorCountBelowMinimum",
      "description": "The agent identity does not meet the minimum sponsor count requirement.",
      "governingPolicyReferenceId": "f360e310-e2c9-4bb3-a3ca-791d3c0b6548",
      "ruleType": "sponsorPresence",
      "attestationBlockReasons": ["MissingRequiredNumberOfSponsors"]
    }
  ]
}