protectionPolicyBase resource type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Contains details about protection policies applied to Microsoft 365 data in an organization. Protection policies are defined by the Global Admin (or the SharePoint Online Admin or Exchange Online Admin) and include what data to protect, when to protect it, and for what time period to retain the protected data for a single Microsoft 365 service.

Base type for sharePointProtectionPolicy, exchangeProtectionPolicy, and onedriveForBusinessProtectionPolicy.

Methods

Method Return type Description
List protectionPolicyBase collection Get a list of the protectionPolicyBase and their properties.
Get protectionPolicyBase Read the properties and relationships of a protectionPolicyBase.
Delete None Delete a protectionPolicyBase.
Activate protectionPolicyBase Activate an inactive protection policy.
Deactivate protectionPolicyBase Deactivate an active protection policy.

Properties

Property Type Description
id String The unique identifier of the protection rule associated with the policy.
displayName String The name of the policy to be created.
createdDateTime DateTimeOffset The time of creation of the policy.
createdBy identitySet The identity of person who created the policy.
lastModifiedBy identitySet The identity of the person who last modified the policy.
lastModifiedDateTime DateTimeOffset The timestamp of the last modification of the policy.
retentionSettings retentionSetting collection Contains the retention setting details for the policy.
status protectionPolicyStatus The aggregated status of the protection units associated with the policy. The possible values are: inactive, activeWithErrors, updating, active, unknownFutureValue.

protectionPolicyStatus values

Member Description
active All units are protected.
activeWithErrors Some units are protected and others are unprotected.
inactive All units are unprotected.
updating Some or all units are in a protectRequested, unprotectRequested, or removeRequested state.
unknownFutureValue Evolvable enumeration sentinel value. Don't use.

Relationships

None.

JSON representation

The following JSON representation shows the resource type.

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.protectionPolicyBase",
  "id": "String (identifier)",
  "displayName": "String",
  "status": "String",
  "createdDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "createdBy": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.identitySet"
  },
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "lastModifiedBy": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.identitySet"
  },
  "retentionSettings": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.retentionSetting"
    }
  ]
}