user: delta

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Get newly created, updated, or deleted users without having to perform a full read of the entire user collection. See change tracking for details.

Note

Changes to the licenseAssignmentStates property are currently not tracked.

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)	User.Read, User.ReadWrite, User.ReadBasic.All, User.Read.All, User.ReadWrite.All, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	User.Read.All, User.ReadWrite.All, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

To begin tracking changes, you make a request including the delta function on the users resource.

GET /users/delta

Query parameters

Tracking changes in users incurs a round of one or more delta function calls. If you use any query parameter (other than $deltatoken and $skiptoken), you must specify it in the initial delta request. Microsoft Graph automatically encodes any specified parameters into the token portion of the @odata.nextLink or @odata.deltaLink URL provided in the response.

You only need to specify any desired query parameters once upfront.

In subsequent requests, copy and apply the @odata.nextLink or @odata.deltaLink URL from the previous response, as that URL already includes the encoded, desired parameters.

Query parameter	Type	Description
$deltatoken	string	A state token returned in the @odata.deltaLink URL of the previous delta function call for the same user collection, indicating the completion of that round of change tracking. Save and apply the entire @odata.deltaLink URL including this token in the first request of the next round of change tracking for that collection.
$skiptoken	string	A state token returned in the @odata.nextLink URL of the previous delta function call, indicating there are further changes to be tracked in the same user collection.

OData query parameters

This method supports optional OData Query Parameters to help customize the response.

• You can use a $select query parameter as in any GET request to specify only the properties your need for best performance. The id property is always returned.
• There is limited support for $filter:
  • The only supported $filter expression is for tracking changes on a specific object: $filter=id+eq+{value}. You can filter multiple objects. For example, https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta/?$filter= id eq '477e9fc6-5de7-4406-bb2a-7e5c83c9ffff' or id eq '004d6a07-fe70-4b92-add5-e6e37b8affff'. There is a limit of 50 filtered objects.

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer <token>
Content-Type	application/json
Prefer	return=minimal Specifying this header with a request that uses a @odata.deltaLink would return only the object properties that have changed since the last round. Optional.

Request body

Do not supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns 200 OK response code and user collection object in the response body. The response also includes a @odata.nextLink URL or a @odata.deltaLink URL.

• If a @odata.nextLink URL is returned:

  • This indicates there are additional pages of data to be retrieved in the session. The application continues making requests using the @odata.nextLink URL until a @odata.deltaLink URL is included in the response.
  • The response includes the same set of properties as in the initial delta query request. This allows you to capture the full current state of the objects when initiating the delta cycle.

• If a @odata.deltaLink URL is returned:

  • This indicates there is no more data about the existing state of the resource to be returned. Save and use the @odata.deltaLink URL to learn about changes to the resource in the next round.
  • You have a choice to specify the Prefer:return=minimal header, to include in the response values for only the properties that have changed since the time the @odata.deltaLink was issued.

Default: return the same properties as initial delta request

By default, requests using a @odata.deltaLink or @odata.nextLink return the same properties as selected in the initial delta query in the following ways:

• If the property has changed, the new value is included in the response. This includes properties being set to null value.
• If the property has not changed, the old value is included in the response.
• If the property has never been set before it will not be included in the response at all.

Note: With this behavior, by looking at the response it is not possible to tell whether a property is changing or not. Also, the delta responses tend to be large because they contain all property values - as shown in Example 2.

Alternative: return only the changed properties

Adding an optional request header - prefer:return=minimal - results in the following behavior:

• If the property has changed, the new value is included in the response. This includes properties being set to null value.
• If the property has not changed, the property is not included in the response at all. (Different from the default behavior.)

Note: The header can be added to a @odata.deltaLink request at any point in time in the delta cycle. The header only affects the set of properties included in the response and it does not affect how the delta query is executed. See Example 3.

Examples

Example 1: Default properties

Request

The following is an example of the request. There is no $select parameter, so a default set of properties is tracked and returned.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var result = await graphClient.Users.Delta.GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc users delta get

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)



delta, err := graphClient.Users().Delta().Get(context.Background(), nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

UserDeltaCollectionPage delta = graphClient.users()
	.delta()
	.buildRequest()
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let delta = await client.api('/users/delta')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->users()->delta()->get()->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users.Functions

Get-MgUserDelta

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)


result = await graph_client.users.delta.get()

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following is an example of the response when using @odata.deltaLink obtained from the query initialization.

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/v1.0/$metadata#users",
  "@odata.nextLink":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$skiptoken=pqwSUjGYvb3jQpbwVAwEL7yuI3dU1LecfkkfLPtnIjsXoYQp_dpA3cNJWc",
  "value": [
    {
      "businessPhones": [
          "+1 425 555 0109"
      ],
      "displayName": "Adele Vance",
      "givenName": "Adele",
      "jobTitle": "Retail Manager",
      "mail": "AdeleV@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
      "mobilePhone": "+1 425 555 0109",
      "officeLocation": "18/2111",
      "preferredLanguage": "en-US",
      "surname": "Vance",
      "userPrincipalName": "AdeleV@contoso.onmicrosoft.com",
      "id": "87d349ed-44d7-43e1-9a83-5f2406dee5bd"
    }
  ]
}

Example 2: Selecting three properties

Request

The next example shows the initial request selecting three properties for change tracking, with default response behavior.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$select=displayName,jobTitle,mobilePhone

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var result = await graphClient.Users.Delta.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Select = new string []{ "displayName","jobTitle","mobilePhone" };
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc users delta get --select "displayName,jobTitle,mobilePhone"

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphusers "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/users"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestParameters := &graphusers.UsersDelta()RequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Select: [] string {"displayName","jobTitle","mobilePhone"},
}
configuration := &graphusers.UsersDelta()RequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

delta, err := graphClient.Users().Delta().Get(context.Background(), configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

UserDeltaCollectionPage delta = graphClient.users()
	.delta()
	.buildRequest()
	.select("displayName,jobTitle,mobilePhone")
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let delta = await client.api('/users/delta')
	.select('displayName,jobTitle,mobilePhone')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->select = ["displayName","jobTitle","mobilePhone"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->users()->delta()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users.Functions

Get-MgUserDelta -Property "displayName,jobTitle,mobilePhone" 

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)

query_params = DeltaRequestBuilder.DeltaRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		select = ["displayName","jobTitle","mobilePhone"],
)

request_configuration = DeltaRequestBuilder.DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.users.delta.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following is an example of the response when using @odata.deltaLink obtained from the query initialization. Note that all three properties are included in the response and it is not known which ones have changed since the @odata.deltaLink was obtained.

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

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users",
  "@odata.nextLink":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$skiptoken=pqwSUjGYvb3jQpbwVAwEL7yuI3dU1LecfkkfLPtnIjsXoYQp_dpA3cNJWc",
  "value": [
    {
      "displayName": "Adele Vance",
      "jobTitle": "Retail Manager",
      "mobilePhone": "+1 425 555 0109"
    }
  ]
}

Example 3: Alternative minimal response behavior

Request

The next example shows the initial request selecting three properties for change tracking, with alternative minimal response behavior.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$select=displayName,jobTitle,mobilePhone
Prefer: return=minimal

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var result = await graphClient.Users.Delta.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Select = new string []{ "displayName","jobTitle","mobilePhone" };
	requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("Prefer", "return=minimal");
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc users delta get --select "displayName,jobTitle,mobilePhone"

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphusers "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/users"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("Prefer", "return=minimal")

requestParameters := &graphusers.UsersDelta()RequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Select: [] string {"displayName","jobTitle","mobilePhone"},
}
configuration := &graphusers.UsersDelta()RequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	Headers: headers,
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

delta, err := graphClient.Users().Delta().Get(context.Background(), configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

LinkedList<Option> requestOptions = new LinkedList<Option>();
requestOptions.add(new HeaderOption("Prefer", "return=minimal"));

UserDeltaCollectionPage delta = graphClient.users()
	.delta()
	.buildRequest( requestOptions )
	.select("displayName,jobTitle,mobilePhone")
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let delta = await client.api('/users/delta')
	.header('Prefer','return=minimal')
	.select('displayName,jobTitle,mobilePhone')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
		'Prefer' => 'return=minimal',
	];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;

$queryParameters = DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->select = ["displayName","jobTitle","mobilePhone"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->users()->delta()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Users.Functions

Get-MgUserDelta -Property "displayName,jobTitle,mobilePhone" 

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)

query_params = DeltaRequestBuilder.DeltaRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		select = ["displayName","jobTitle","mobilePhone"],
)

request_configuration = DeltaRequestBuilder.DeltaRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
headers = {
			'Prefer' : "return=minimal",
}

)

result = await graph_client.users.delta.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following is an example of the response when using @odata.deltaLink obtained from the query initialization. Note that the mobilePhone property is not included, which means it has not changed since the last delta query; displayName and jobTitle are included which means their values have changed.

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

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users",
  "@odata.nextLink":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/delta?$skiptoken=pqwSUjGYvb3jQpbwVAwEL7yuI3dU1LecfkkfLPtnIjsXoYQp_dpA3cNJWc",
  "value": [
    {
      "displayName": "Vance Adele",
      "jobTitle": "Product Marketing Manager"
    }
  ]
}

See also

• Use delta query to track changes in Microsoft Graph data.
• Get incremental changes for users.