Create user

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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

Create a new user object.

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

HTTP Request

POST /deviceManagement/detectedApps/{detectedAppId}/managedDevices/{managedDeviceId}/users

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 user object.

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

Property	Type	Description
id	String	Unique identifier of the user.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a user object in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/deviceManagement/detectedApps/{detectedAppId}/managedDevices/{managedDeviceId}/users
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 46

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.user"
}

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const user = {
  '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.user'
};

await client.api('/deviceManagement/detectedApps/{detectedAppId}/managedDevices/{managedDeviceId}/users')
	.post(user);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

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/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 95

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.user",
  "id": "d36894ae-94ae-d368-ae94-68d3ae9468d3"
}