List a user's direct memberships

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Get groups, directory roles, and administrative units that the user is a direct member of. This operation isn't transitive. To retrieve groups, directory roles, and administrative units that the user is a member through transitive membership, use the List user transitive memberOf API.

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.

Permissions for the signed-in user's direct memberships

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	User.Read	Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, GroupMember.Read.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

Permissions for another user's direct memberships

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	User.Read.All	Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, GroupMember.Read.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Directory.Read.All	Directory.ReadWrite.All

Important

When an application queries a relationship that returns a directoryObject type collection, if it doesn't have permission to read a certain resource type, members of that type are returned but with limited information. For example, only the @odata.type property for the object type and the id is returned, while other properties are indicated as null. With this behavior, applications can request the least privileged permissions they need, rather than rely on the set of Directory.* permissions. For details, see Limited information returned for inaccessible member objects.

Tip

• Calling the /me/memberOf endpoint requires a signed-in user and therefore a delegated permission. Application permissions are not supported when you use the /me/memberOf endpoint.
• To list the members of a group with hidden membership, the Member.Read.Hidden permission is required.

HTTP request

GET /me/memberOf

GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/memberOf

Optional query parameters

This method supports the OData query parameters to help customize the response, including $search, $count, and $filter. OData cast is also enabled; for example, you can cast to get just the directoryRoles the user is a member of. You can use $search on the displayName property. Items that are added or updated for this resource are specially indexed for use with the $count and $search query parameters. There can be a slight delay between when an item is added or updated and when it's available in the index.

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
ConsistencyLevel	eventual. This header and $count are required when using the $search, $filter, $orderby, or OData cast query parameters. It uses an index that might not be up-to-date with recent changes to the object.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and collection of directoryObject objects in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Get groups, directory roles, and administrative units that the user is a direct member of

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/6e7b768e-07e2-4810-8459-485f84f8f204/memberOf

C#

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

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Users["{user-id}"].MemberOf.GetAsync();

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

CLI

mgc users member-of list --user-id {user-id}

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

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

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


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
memberOf, err := graphClient.Users().ByUserId("user-id").MemberOf().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

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

DirectoryObjectCollectionResponse result = graphClient.users().byUserId("{user-id}").memberOf().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 memberOf = await client.api('/users/6e7b768e-07e2-4810-8459-485f84f8f204/memberOf')
	.get();

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

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->users()->byUserId('user-id')->memberOf()->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

Get-MgUserMemberOf -UserId $userId

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

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.users.by_user_id('user-id').member_of.get()

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

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

{
  "value": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.group",
      "displayName": "All Users",
      "mailEnabled": false,
      "securityEnabled": true
    }
  ]
}

Example 2: Get only a count of all groups, directory roles, and administrative units that the user is a direct member of

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{id}/memberOf/$count
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

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: text/plain

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Example 3: Use OData cast to get only a count of group membership

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{id}/memberOf/microsoft.graph.group/$count
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: text/plain

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Example 4: Use $search and OData cast to get membership in groups with display names that contain the letters 'tier' including a count of returned objects

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{id}/memberOf/microsoft.graph.group?$count=true&$orderby=displayName&$search="displayName:tier"&$select=displayName,id
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

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/v1.0/$metadata#groups(displayName,id)",
  "@odata.count":7,
  "value":[
    {
      "displayName":"Contoso-tier Query Notification",
      "id":"11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
    }
  ]
}

Example 5: Use $filter and OData cast to get groups with a display name that starts with 'a' including a count of returned objects

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{id}/memberOf/microsoft.graph.group?$count=true&$orderby=displayName&$filter=startswith(displayName, 'a')
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

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/v1.0/$metadata#groups",
  "@odata.count":76,
  "value":[
    {
      "displayName":"AAD Contoso Users",
      "mail":"AADContoso_Users@contoso.com",
      "mailEnabled":true,
      "mailNickname":"AADContoso_Users",
      "securityEnabled":true
    }
  ]
}

Example 6: Use $filter and OData cast to get groups with at least one app role assignment

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{id}/memberOf/microsoft.graph.group?$filter=appRoleAssignments/$count gt 0&$select=id,displayName

C#

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

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Users["{user-id}"].MemberOf.GraphGroup.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Filter = "appRoleAssignments/$count gt 0";
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Select = new string []{ "id","displayName" };
});

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

CLI

mgc users member-of graph-group get --user-id {user-id} --filter "appRoleAssignments/$count gt 0" --select "id,displayName"

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

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

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


requestFilter := "appRoleAssignments/$count gt 0"

requestParameters := &graphusers.UserItemMemberOfGraph.groupRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Filter: &requestFilter,
	Select: [] string {"id","displayName"},
}
configuration := &graphusers.UserItemMemberOfGraph.groupRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphGroup, err := graphClient.Users().ByUserId("user-id").MemberOf().GraphGroup().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

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

GroupCollectionResponse result = graphClient.users().byUserId("{user-id}").memberOf().graphGroup().get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.filter = "appRoleAssignments/$count gt 0";
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.select = new String []{"id", "displayName"};
});

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 group = await client.api('/users/{id}/memberOf/microsoft.graph.group')
	.filter('appRoleAssignments/$count gt 0')
	.select('id,displayName')
	.get();

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

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Users\Item\MemberOf\Graph\Group\GroupRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new GraphGroupRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = GraphGroupRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->filter = "appRoleAssignments/\$count gt 0";
$queryParameters->select = ["id","displayName"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->users()->byUserId('user-id')->memberOf()->graphGroup()->get($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

Get-MgUserMemberOfAsGroup -UserId $userId -Filter "appRoleAssignments/`$count gt 0" -Property "id,displayName" 

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

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.users.item.member_of.graph.group.group_request_builder import GroupRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = GroupRequestBuilder.GroupRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		filter = "appRoleAssignments/$count gt 0",
		select = ["id","displayName"],
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.users.by_user_id('user-id').member_of.graph_group.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 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/v1.0/$metadata#groups",
  "value":[
    {
      "id": "c11b732b-0e16-46c1-b0fa-bd32c8a42455",
      "displayName":"All users"
    },
    {
      "id": "3f927b40-06f8-4352-b8e4-37a7ba04b7ff",
      "displayName":"AAD Contoso Users"
    }
  ]
}