Update deviceManagementConfigurationCategory

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important: Microsoft Graph APIs under the /beta version are subject to change; production use is not supported.

Note: The Microsoft Graph API for Intune requires an active Intune license for the tenant.

Update the properties of a deviceManagementConfigurationCategory object.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All

HTTP Request

PATCH /deviceManagement/inventoryCategories/{deviceManagementConfigurationCategoryId}
PATCH /deviceManagement/complianceCategories/{deviceManagementConfigurationCategoryId}
PATCH /deviceManagement/configurationCategories/{deviceManagementConfigurationCategoryId}

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Accept	application/json

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation for the deviceManagementConfigurationCategory object.

The following table shows the properties that are required when you create the deviceManagementConfigurationCategory.

Property	Type	Description
id	String	The unique identifier for the category.
description	String	Description of the category. For example: Display
categoryDescription	String	Description of the category header in policy summary.
helpText	String	Help text of the category. Give more details of the category.
name	String	Name of the item
displayName	String	Name of the category. For example: Device Lock
platforms	deviceManagementConfigurationPlatforms	Platforms types, which settings in the category have. Possible values are: none. android, androidEnterprise, iOs, macOs, windows10X, windows10, aosp, and linux. If this property is not set, or set to none, returns categories in all platforms. Supports: $filters, $select. Read-only. Possible values are: none, android, iOS, macOS, windows10X, windows10, linux, unknownFutureValue.
technologies	deviceManagementConfigurationTechnologies	Technologies types, which settings in the category have. Possible values are: none, mdm, configManager, intuneManagementExtension, thirdParty, documentGateway, appleRemoteManagement, microsoftSense, exchangeOnline, edgeMam, linuxMdm, extensibility, enrollment, endpointPrivilegeManagement. If this property is not set, or set to none, returns categories in all platforms. Supports: $filters, $select. Read-only. Possible values are: none, mdm, windows10XManagement, configManager, appleRemoteManagement, microsoftSense, exchangeOnline, mobileApplicationManagement, linuxMdm, extensibility, enrollment, endpointPrivilegeManagement, unknownFutureValue, windowsOsRecovery.
settingUsage	deviceManagementConfigurationSettingUsage	Indicates that the category contains settings that are used for compliance, configuration, or reusable settings. Possible values are: configuration, compliance, reusableSetting. Each setting usage has separate API end-point to call. Read-only. Possible values are: none, configuration, compliance, unknownFutureValue, inventory.
parentCategoryId	String	Direct parent id of the category. If the category is the root, the parent id is same as its id.
rootCategoryId	String	Root id of the category.
childCategoryIds	String collection	List of child ids of the category.

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/deviceManagement/inventoryCategories/{deviceManagementConfigurationCategoryId}
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 523

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationCategory",
  "description": "Description value",
  "categoryDescription": "Category Description value",
  "helpText": "Help Text value",
  "name": "Name value",
  "displayName": "Display Name value",
  "platforms": "android",
  "technologies": "mdm",
  "settingUsage": "configuration",
  "parentCategoryId": "Parent Category Id value",
  "rootCategoryId": "Root Category Id value",
  "childCategoryIds": [
    "Child Category Ids value"
  ]
}

Response

Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 572

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.deviceManagementConfigurationCategory",
  "id": "cff34dd2-4dd2-cff3-d24d-f3cfd24df3cf",
  "description": "Description value",
  "categoryDescription": "Category Description value",
  "helpText": "Help Text value",
  "name": "Name value",
  "displayName": "Display Name value",
  "platforms": "android",
  "technologies": "mdm",
  "settingUsage": "configuration",
  "parentCategoryId": "Parent Category Id value",
  "rootCategoryId": "Root Category Id value",
  "childCategoryIds": [
    "Child Category Ids value"
  ]
}