Create importedDeviceIdentity

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Create a new importedDeviceIdentity 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

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)	DeviceManagementServiceConfig.ReadWrite.All, DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	DeviceManagementServiceConfig.ReadWrite.All, DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All

HTTP Request

POST /deviceManagement/importedDeviceIdentities

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 importedDeviceIdentity object.

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

Property	Type	Description
id	String	Id of the imported device identity
importedDeviceIdentifier	String	Imported Device Identifier
importedDeviceIdentityType	importedDeviceIdentityType	Type of Imported Device Identity. Possible values are: unknown, imei, serialNumber, manufacturerModelSerial.
lastModifiedDateTime	DateTimeOffset	Last Modified DateTime of the description
createdDateTime	DateTimeOffset	Created Date Time of the device
lastContactedDateTime	DateTimeOffset	Last Contacted Date Time of the device
description	String	The description of the device
enrollmentState	enrollmentState	The state of the device in Intune. Possible values are: unknown, enrolled, pendingReset, failed, notContacted, blocked.
platform	platform	The platform of the Device. Possible values are: unknown, ios, android, windows, windowsMobile, macOS, visionOS, tvos, unknownFutureValue.

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/deviceManagement/importedDeviceIdentities
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 332

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.importedDeviceIdentity",
  "importedDeviceIdentifier": "Imported Device Identifier value",
  "importedDeviceIdentityType": "imei",
  "lastContactedDateTime": "2016-12-31T23:58:44.2908994-08:00",
  "description": "Description value",
  "enrollmentState": "enrolled",
  "platform": "ios"
}

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: 504

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.importedDeviceIdentity",
  "id": "9f70a12f-a12f-9f70-2fa1-709f2fa1709f",
  "importedDeviceIdentifier": "Imported Device Identifier value",
  "importedDeviceIdentityType": "imei",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-01-01T00:00:35.1329464-08:00",
  "createdDateTime": "2017-01-01T00:02:43.5775965-08:00",
  "lastContactedDateTime": "2016-12-31T23:58:44.2908994-08:00",
  "description": "Description value",
  "enrollmentState": "enrolled",
  "platform": "ios"
}