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Namespace: microsoft.graph

Update the details of a role management policy unifiedRoleManagementPolicy 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.

For PIM for Microsoft Entra roles

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) RoleManagementPolicy.ReadWrite.Directory, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application RoleManagementPolicy.ReadWrite.Directory, RoleManagement.ReadWrite.Directory

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation.

  • For read operations: Global Reader, Security Operator, Security Reader, Security Administrator, or Privileged Role Administrator
  • For write operations: Privileged Role Administrator

For PIM for groups

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) RoleManagementPolicy.ReadWrite.AzureADGroup
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application RoleManagementPolicy.ReadWrite.AzureADGroup

HTTP request

To update the details of a role management policy for either Microsoft Entra roles or groups:

PATCH /policies/roleManagementPolicies/{unifiedRoleManagementPolicyId}

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply only the values for properties to update. Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintain their previous values or are recalculated based on changes to other property values.

The following table specifies the properties that can be updated.

Property Type Description
rules unifiedRoleManagementPolicyRule collection The list of policy rules to be updated.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and an unifiedRoleManagementPolicy object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Update the details of a policy defined in PIM for Microsoft Entra roles

Request

The following example shows a request.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/policies/roleManagementPolicies/DirectoryRole_2132228a-d66e-401c-ab8a-a8ae31254a36_0f8c4bbc-4f1a-421c-b63d-a68f571b7fab
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "rules": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.unifiedRoleManagementPolicyApprovalRule",
      "id": "Approval_EndUser_Assignment",
      "target": {
        "caller": "EndUser",
        "operations": [
          "All"
        ],
        "level": "Assignment",
        "inheritableSettings": [],
        "enforcedSettings": []
      },
      "setting": {
        "isApprovalRequired": false,
        "isApprovalRequiredForExtension": false,
        "isRequestorJustificationRequired": true,
        "approvalMode": "SingleStage",
        "approvalStages": [
          {
            "approvalStageTimeOutInDays": 1,
            "isApproverJustificationRequired": true,
            "escalationTimeInMinutes": 0,
            "isEscalationEnabled": false,
            "primaryApprovers": [],
            "escalationApprovers": []
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.unifiedRoleManagementPolicyAuthenticationContextRule",
      "id": "AuthenticationContext_EndUser_Assignment",
      "isEnabled": false,
      "claimValue": "",
      "target": {
        "caller": "EndUser",
        "operations": [
          "All"
        ],
        "level": "Assignment",
        "inheritableSettings": [],
        "enforcedSettings": []
      }
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.unifiedRoleManagementPolicyEnablementRule",
      "id": "Enablement_Admin_Eligibility",
      "enabledRules": [],
      "target": {
        "caller": "Admin",
        "operations": [
          "All"
        ],
        "level": "Eligibility",
        "inheritableSettings": [],
        "enforcedSettings": []
      }
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.unifiedRoleManagementPolicyExpirationRule",
      "id": "Expiration_Admin_Eligibility",
      "isExpirationRequired": false,
      "maximumDuration": "P365D",
      "target": {
        "caller": "Admin",
        "operations": [
          "All"
        ],
        "level": "Eligibility",
        "inheritableSettings": [],
        "enforcedSettings": []
      }
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.unifiedRoleManagementPolicyNotificationRule",
      "id": "Notification_Admin_Admin_Eligibility",
      "notificationType": "Email",
      "recipientType": "Admin",
      "notificationLevel": "All",
      "isDefaultRecipientsEnabled": true,
      "notificationRecipients": [],
      "target": {
        "caller": "Admin",
        "operations": [
          "All"
        ],
        "level": "Eligibility",
        "inheritableSettings": [],
        "enforcedSettings": []
      }
    }
  ]
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#policies/roleManagementPolicies/$entity",
    "id": "DirectoryRole_2132228a-d66e-401c-ab8a-a8ae31254a36_0f8c4bbc-4f1a-421c-b63d-a68f571b7fab",
    "displayName": "DirectoryRole",
    "description": "DirectoryRole",
    "isOrganizationDefault": false,
    "scopeId": "/",
    "scopeType": "DirectoryRole",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2023-10-01T19:27:32.663Z",
    "lastModifiedBy": {
        "displayName": "Test User 1",
        "id": null
    }
}

Example 2: Update the details of a policy defined in PIM for groups

Request

The following example shows a request.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/policies/roleManagementPolicies/Group_60bba733-f09d-49b7-8445-32369aa066b3_f21b26d9-9ff9-4af1-b1d4-bddf28591369
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "rules": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.unifiedRoleManagementPolicyApprovalRule",
      "id": "Approval_EndUser_Assignment",
      "target": {
        "caller": "EndUser",
        "operations": [
          "All"
        ],
        "level": "Assignment",
        "inheritableSettings": [],
        "enforcedSettings": []
      },
      "setting": {
        "isApprovalRequired": true,
        "isApprovalRequiredForExtension": false,
        "isRequestorJustificationRequired": true,
        "approvalMode": "SingleStage",
        "approvalStages": [
          {
            "approvalStageTimeOutInDays": 1,
            "isApproverJustificationRequired": true,
            "escalationTimeInMinutes": 0,
            "isEscalationEnabled": false,
            "primaryApprovers": [
              {
                "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.singleUser",
                "isBackup": false,
                "id": "c277c8cb-6bb7-42e5-a17f-0add9a718151",
                "description": null
              }
            ],
            "escalationApprovers": []
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.unifiedRoleManagementPolicyAuthenticationContextRule",
      "id": "AuthenticationContext_EndUser_Assignment",
      "isEnabled": false,
      "claimValue": "",
      "target": {
        "caller": "EndUser",
        "operations": [
          "All"
        ],
        "level": "Assignment",
        "inheritableSettings": [],
        "enforcedSettings": []
      }
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.unifiedRoleManagementPolicyEnablementRule",
      "id": "Enablement_Admin_Eligibility",
      "enabledRules": [],
      "target": {
        "caller": "Admin",
        "operations": [
          "All"
        ],
        "level": "Eligibility",
        "inheritableSettings": [],
        "enforcedSettings": []
      }
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.unifiedRoleManagementPolicyExpirationRule",
      "id": "Expiration_Admin_Eligibility",
      "isExpirationRequired": true,
      "maximumDuration": "P365D",
      "target": {
        "caller": "Admin",
        "operations": [
          "All"
        ],
        "level": "Eligibility",
        "inheritableSettings": [],
        "enforcedSettings": []
      }
    },
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.unifiedRoleManagementPolicyNotificationRule",
      "id": "Notification_Admin_Admin_Eligibility",
      "notificationType": "Email",
      "recipientType": "Admin",
      "notificationLevel": "All",
      "isDefaultRecipientsEnabled": true,
      "notificationRecipients": [],
      "target": {
        "caller": "Admin",
        "operations": [
          "All"
        ],
        "level": "Eligibility",
        "inheritableSettings": [],
        "enforcedSettings": []
      }
    }
  ]
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#policies/roleManagementPolicies/$entity",
    "id": "Group_60bba733-f09d-49b7-8445-32369aa066b3_f21b26d9-9ff9-4af1-b1d4-bddf28591369",
    "displayName": "Group",
    "description": "Group",
    "isOrganizationDefault": false,
    "scopeId": "60bba733-f09d-49b7-8445-32369aa066b3",
    "scopeType": "Group",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2023-10-01T23:29:43.687Z",
    "lastModifiedBy": {
        "displayName": "Test User 1",
        "id": null
    }
}