Create custodian unifiedGroupSource

Namespace: microsoft.graph.security

Create a new unifiedGroupSource object associated with an eDiscovery custodian.

This API is supported 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) eDiscovery.Read.All, eDiscovery.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application Not supported.

HTTP request

POST /security/cases/ediscoveryCases/{ediscoveryCaseId}/custodians/{custodianId}/unifiedGroupSources

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 unifiedGroupSource object.

You can specify the following properties when you create an unifiedGroupSource.

Note: Either group or group@odata.bind is required in order to create a unifiedGroupSource.

Property Type Description
includedSources microsoft.graph.security.sourceType Specifies which sources are included in this group. Possible values are: mailbox, site.
group String Specifies the email address for the group. To get the email address of a group, use List groups or Get group. You can then query by the name of the group using $filter; for example, https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups?$filter=displayName eq 'secret group'&$select=mail,id,displayName.
group@odata.bind String ID of the group. You can get this in the same way that you get the group.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and an microsoft.graph.security.unifiedGroupSource object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Create unifiedGroupSource with group SMTP address

Request

The following is an example of a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/unifiedGroupSources
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "group": {
        "mail": "SOCTeam@M365x809305.onmicrosoft.com"
    },
    "includedSources": "mailbox, site"
}

Response

The following is an example of the response.

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

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#security/cases/ediscoveryCases('b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b')/custodians('0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a')/unifiedGroupSources/$entity",
    "@odata.id": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/1ce58bf6-e0fd-403d-a655-312a838110cf",
    "displayName": "SOC Team (Mailbox)",
    "createdDateTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "holdStatus": "applied",
    "id": "1ce58bf6-e0fd-403d-a655-312a838110cf",
    "includedSources": "mailbox,site",
    "createdBy": {
        "user": {
            "id": "c25c3914-f9f7-43ee-9cba-a25377e0cec6",
            "displayName": "MOD Administrator",
            "userPrincipalName": "admin@M365x809305.onmicrosoft.com"
        },
        "application": {
            "id": "de8bc8b5-d9f9-48b1-a8ad-b748da725064",
            "displayName": "Graph Explorer"
        }
    }
}

Example 2: Create unifiedGroupSource with group@odata.bind

Request

The following is an example of a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a/unifiedGroupSources
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "group@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/93f90172-fe05-43ea-83cf-ff785a40d610",
    "includedSources": "mailbox"
}

Response

The following is an example of the response.

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

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#security/cases/ediscoveryCases('b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b')/custodians('0053a61a3b6c42738f7606791716a22a')/unifiedGroupSources/$entity",
    "@odata.id": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/93f90172-fe05-43ea-83cf-ff785a40d610",
    "displayName": "Finance Team (Mailbox)",
    "createdDateTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "holdStatus": "applied",
    "id": "93f90172-fe05-43ea-83cf-ff785a40d610",
    "includedSources": "mailbox",
    "createdBy": {
        "user": {
            "id": "c25c3914-f9f7-43ee-9cba-a25377e0cec6",
            "displayName": "MOD Administrator",
            "userPrincipalName": "admin@M365x809305.onmicrosoft.com"
        },
        "application": {
            "id": "de8bc8b5-d9f9-48b1-a8ad-b748da725064",
            "displayName": "Graph Explorer"
        }
    }
}