Create operationApprovalPolicy

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.

Create a new operationApprovalPolicy 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)	DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All, DeviceManagementRBAC.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All, DeviceManagementRBAC.ReadWrite.All

HTTP Request

POST /deviceManagement/operationApprovalPolicies

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 operationApprovalPolicy object.

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

Property	Type	Description
id	String	The unique identifier of the policy. This ID is assigned at when the policy is created. Read-only. This property is read-only.
displayName	String	Indicates the display name of the policy. Maximum length of the display name is 128 characters. This property is required when the policy is created, and is defined by the IT Admins to identify the policy.
description	String	Indicates the description of the policy. Maximum length of the description is 1024 characters. This property is not required, but can be used by the IT Admin to describe the policy.
lastModifiedDateTime	DateTimeOffset	Indicates the last DateTime that the policy was modified. The value cannot be modified and is automatically populated whenever values in the request are updated. For example, when the 'policyType' property changes from apps to scripts. The Timestamp type represents date and time information using ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC time. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2014 would look like this: '2014-01-01T00:00:00Z'. Returned by default. Read-only. This property is read-only.
policyType	operationApprovalPolicyType	The policy type for the OperationApprovalPolicy. Possible values are: unknown, app, script, operationApprovalPolicy. Possible values are: unknown, deviceAction, deviceWipe, deviceRetire, deviceRetireNonCompliant, deviceDelete, deviceLock, deviceErase, deviceDisableActivationLock, windowsEnrollment, compliancePolicy, configurationPolicy, appProtectionPolicy, policySet, filter, endpointSecurityPolicy, app, script, role, deviceResetPasscode, customOrganizationalMessage, unknownFutureValue, operationApprovalPolicy.
policyPlatform	operationApprovalPolicyPlatform	Indicates the applicable platform for the policy. Possible values are: notApplicable, androidDeviceAdministrator, androidEnterprise, iOSiPadOS, macOS, windows10AndLater, windows81AndLater, windows10X. Default value is notApplicable. Possible values are: notApplicable, androidDeviceAdministrator, androidEnterprise, iOSiPadOS, macOS, windows10AndLater, windows81AndLater, windows10X, unknownFutureValue.
policySet	operationApprovalPolicySet	Indicates areas of the Intune UX that could support MAA UX for the current logged in IT Admin. This property is required, and is defined by the IT Admins in order to correctly show the expected experience.
approverGroupIds	String collection	The Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) security group IDs for the approvers for the policy. This property is required when the policy is created, and is defined by the IT Admins to define the possible approvers for the policy.

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/deviceManagement/operationApprovalPolicies
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 468

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.operationApprovalPolicy",
  "displayName": "Display Name value",
  "description": "Description value",
  "policyType": "deviceAction",
  "policyPlatform": "androidDeviceAdministrator",
  "policySet": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.operationApprovalPolicySet",
    "policyType": "deviceAction",
    "policyPlatform": "androidDeviceAdministrator"
  },
  "approverGroupIds": [
    "Approver Group 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/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 581

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.operationApprovalPolicy",
  "id": "9d2caa5f-aa5f-9d2c-5faa-2c9d5faa2c9d",
  "displayName": "Display Name value",
  "description": "Description value",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-01-01T00:00:35.1329464-08:00",
  "policyType": "deviceAction",
  "policyPlatform": "androidDeviceAdministrator",
  "policySet": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.operationApprovalPolicySet",
    "policyType": "deviceAction",
    "policyPlatform": "androidDeviceAdministrator"
  },
  "approverGroupIds": [
    "Approver Group Ids value"
  ]
}