recommendation: reactivate

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Reactivate a completed, dismissed, or postponed recommendation object. This action updates the status of the recommendation to active. This method only works when the status of the recommendation is completedByUser, dismissed, or postponed.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) DirectoryRecommendations.ReadWrite.All Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application DirectoryRecommendations.ReadWrite.All Not available.

For delegated scenarios, the calling user must have at least one of the following Microsoft Entra roles:

  • Security Administrator
  • Security Operator
  • Application Administrator
  • Cloud Application Administrator

HTTP request

POST /directory/recommendations/{recommendationId}/reactivate

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this action returns a 200 OK response code and a recommendation in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directory/recommendations/0cb31920-84b9-471f-a6fb-468c1a847088_Microsoft.Identity.IAM.Insights.TurnOffPerUserMFA/reactivate

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#recommendation",
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.recommendation",
    "id": "0cb31920-84b9-471f-a6fb-468c1a847088_Microsoft.Identity.IAM.Insights.TurnOffPerUserMFA",
    "recommendationType": "turnOffPerUserMFA",
    "createdDateTime": "2022-02-28T02:53:00Z",
    "impactStartDateTime": "2022-02-28T02:53:00Z",
    "postponeUntilDateTime": null,
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2023-01-20T02:15:06.0794158Z",
    "lastModifiedBy": "b5fa65db-0d2b-4233-8788-ab0213567669",
    "currentScore": 0.0,
    "maxScore": 5.0,
    "displayName": "Convert from per-user MFA to Conditional Access MFA",
    "featureAreas": [
        "conditionalAccess"
    ],
    "insights": "13 users are currently configured for per-user Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). However, there are 6 users configured for Conditional Access (CA) MFA. The per-user MFA configuration supersedes the MFA settings applied via CA policies, potentially creating unnecessary MFA prompts.",
    "benefits": "Improve user productivity and minimize sign-in time with fewer MFA prompts. Ensure that your most sensitive resources can have the tighest controls, while your least sensitive resources can be more freely accessible.",
    "category": "identityBestPractice",
    "status": "active",
    "priority": "medium",
    "impactType": "users",
    "remediationImpact": "",
    "actionSteps": [
        {
            "stepNumber": 1,
            "text": "1. To get started, confirm that there is an existing CA policy with an MFA requirement. Ensure that you are covering all resources and users you would like to secure with MFA.",
            "actionUrl": {
                "displayName": "Click here to view your CA policies",
                "url": "https://portal.azure.com/#blade/Microsoft_AAD_IAM/PoliciesTemplateBlade"
            }
        },
        {
            "stepNumber": 2,
            "text": "2. To require MFA via a CA policy, follow the steps in this tutorial.",
            "actionUrl": {
                "displayName": "Secure user sign-in events with Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication",
                "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/tutorial-enable-azure-mfa?toc=/azure/active-directory/conditional-access/toc.json&bc=/azure/active-directory/conditional-access/breadcrumb/toc.json"
            }
        },
        {
            "stepNumber": 3,
            "text": "3. Ensure that the per-user MFA configuration is turned off",
            "actionUrl": {
                "displayName": "Navigate to MFA settings.",
                "url": "https://account.activedirectory.windowsazure.com/UserManagement/MfaSettings.aspx"
            }
        }
    ]
}