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Namespace: microsoft.graph

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

Create a new user 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) DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All

HTTP Request

POST /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 for 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.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1/users
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 46

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

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"
}