Create a new printerShare for the specified printer.
Permissions
One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.
To use the Universal Print service, the user or app's tenant must have an active Universal Print subscription, in addition to the permissions listed in the following table. The signed in user must be a Printer Administrator.
Permission type
Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)
PrinterShare.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)
Not Supported.
Application
Not Supported.
HTTP request
POST /print/shares
Request headers
Name
Description
Authorization
Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type
application/json. Required.
Request body
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the printerShare object.
The following table shows the properties that can be provided when you create the printerShare.
Property
Type
Description
Required?
printer
microsoft.graph.printer
The printer that this printer share is related to. Use the printer@odata.bind syntax, as shown in the following example.
Yes
displayName
String
The name of the printer share that print clients should display. Maximum length allowed is 50 characters.
Yes
allowAllUsers
Boolean
If true, all users and groups will be granted access to this printer share. This supersedes the allow lists defined by the allowedUsers and allowedGroups navigation properties.
No
Response
If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a printerShare object in the response body.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
var requestBody = new PrinterShare
{
DisplayName = "ShareName",
AllowAllUsers = false,
AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
{
{
"printer@odata.bind" , "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/print/printers/{printerId}"
},
},
};
var result = await graphClient.Print.Shares.PostAsync(requestBody);
<?php
// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);
$requestBody = new PrinterShare();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('ShareName');
$requestBody->setAllowAllUsers(false);
$additionalData = [
'printer@odata.bind' => 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/print/printers/{printerId}',
];
$requestBody->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$result = $graphServiceClient->print()->shares()->post($requestBody);