List users
Namespace: microsoft.graph
Retrieve a list of user objects.
Note: This request might have replication delays for users that were recently created, updated, or deleted.
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.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 |
Guest users cannot call this API. For more information about the permissions for member and guest users, see What are the default user permissions in Azure Active Directory?
HTTP request
GET /users
Optional query parameters
This method supports the $count
, $expand
, $filter
, $orderBy
, $search
, $select
, and $top
OData query parameters to help customize the response. $skip
isn't supported. The default and maximum page sizes are 100 and 999 user objects respectively. Some queries are supported only when you use the ConsistencyLevel header set to eventual
and $count
. For more information, see Advanced query capabilities on Azure AD directory objects. The $count
and $search
parameters are currently not available in Azure AD B2C tenants.
By default, only a limited set of properties are returned (businessPhones, displayName, givenName, id, jobTitle, mail, mobilePhone, officeLocation, preferredLanguage, surname, and userPrincipalName).To return an alternative property set, specify the desired set of user properties using the OData $select
query parameter. For example, to return displayName, givenName, and postalCode, add the following to your query $select=displayName,givenName,postalCode
.
Extension properties also support query parameters as follows:
Extension type | Comments |
---|---|
onPremisesExtensionAttributes 1-15 | Returned only with $select . Supports $filter (eq , ne , and eq on null values). |
Schema extensions | Returned only with $select . Supports $filter (eq , ne , and eq on null values). |
Open extensions | Returned only with $expand , that is, users?$expand=extensions . |
Directory extensions | Returned only with $select . Supports $filter (eq , ne , and eq on null values). |
Certain properties cannot be returned within a user collection. The following properties are only supported when retrieving a single user: aboutMe, birthday, hireDate, interests, mySite, pastProjects, preferredName, responsibilities, schools, skills, mailboxSettings.
The following properties are not supported in personal Microsoft accounts and will be null
: aboutMe, birthday, interests, mySite, pastProjects, preferredName, responsibilities, schools, skills, streetAddress.
Request headers
Header | Value |
---|---|
Authorization | Bearer {token} (required) |
ConsistencyLevel | eventual. This header and $count are required when using $search , or in specific usage of $filter . For more information about the use of ConsistencyLevel and $count , see Advanced query capabilities on Azure AD directory objects. |
Request body
Do not supply a request body for this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns a 200 OK
response code and collection of user objects in the response body. If a large user collection is returned, you can use paging in your app.
Attempting to use $select
on the /users
collection to retrieve properties that cannot be returned within a user collection (for example, the request ../users?$select=aboutMe
) returns a 501 Not Implemented
error code.
Examples
Example 1: Get all users
Request
The following is an example of the request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users
Response
The following is an example of 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/$metadata#users",
"value": [
{
"businessPhones": [],
"displayName": "Conf Room Adams",
"givenName": null,
"jobTitle": null,
"mail": "Adams@contoso.com",
"mobilePhone": null,
"officeLocation": null,
"preferredLanguage": null,
"surname": null,
"userPrincipalName": "Adams@contoso.com",
"id": "6ea91a8d-e32e-41a1-b7bd-d2d185eed0e0"
},
{
"businessPhones": [
"425-555-0100"
],
"displayName": "MOD Administrator",
"givenName": "MOD",
"jobTitle": null,
"mail": null,
"mobilePhone": "425-555-0101",
"officeLocation": null,
"preferredLanguage": "en-US",
"surname": "Administrator",
"userPrincipalName": "admin@contoso.com",
"id": "4562bcc8-c436-4f95-b7c0-4f8ce89dca5e"
}
]
}
Example 2: Get a user account using a sign-in name
Request
The following is an example of the request.
Note: When filtering for an issuerAssignedId, you must supply both issuer and issuerAssignedId. However, the issuer value will be ignored in certain scenarios. For more details on filtering on identities see objectIdentity resource type
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users?$select=displayName,id&$filter=identities/any(c:c/issuerAssignedId eq 'j.smith@yahoo.com' and c/issuer eq 'My B2C tenant')
Response
The following is an example of the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"value": [
{
"displayName": "John Smith",
"id": "87d349ed-44d7-43e1-9a83-5f2406dee5bd"
}
]
}
Example 3: Get only a count of users
Request
The following is an example of the request. This request requires the ConsistencyLevel header set to eventual
because $count
is in the request. For more information about the use of ConsistencyLevel and $count
, see Advanced query capabilities on Azure AD directory objects.
Note: The
$count
and$search
query parameters are currently not available in Azure AD B2C tenants.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/$count
ConsistencyLevel: eventual
Response
The following is an example of the response.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: text/plain
893
Example 4: Use $filter and $top to get one user with a display name that starts with 'a' including a count of returned objects
Request
The following is an example of the request. This request requires the ConsistencyLevel header set to eventual
and the $count=true
query string because the request has both the $orderBy
and $filter
query parameters. For more information about the use of ConsistencyLevel and $count
, see Advanced query capabilities on Azure AD directory objects.
Note: The
$count
and$search
query parameters are currently not available in Azure AD B2C tenants.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users?$filter=startswith(displayName,'a')&$orderby=displayName&$count=true&$top=1
ConsistencyLevel: eventual
Response
The following is an example of 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#users",
"@odata.count":1,
"value":[
{
"displayName":"a",
"mail":"a@contoso.com",
"mailNickname":"a_contoso.com#EXT#",
"userPrincipalName":"a_contoso.com#EXT#@microsoft.onmicrosoft.com"
}
]
}
Example 5: Use $filter to get all users with a mail that ends with 'a@contoso.com', including a count of returned objects, with the results ordered by userPrincipalName
Request
The following is an example of the request. This request requires the ConsistencyLevel header set to eventual
and the $count=true
query string because the request has both the $orderBy
and $filter
query parameters, and also uses the endsWith
operator. For more information about the use of ConsistencyLevel and $count
, see Advanced query capabilities on Azure AD directory objects.
Note: The
$count
and$search
query parameters are currently not available in Azure AD B2C tenants.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users?$filter=endswith(mail,'a@contoso.com')&$orderby=userPrincipalName&$count=true
ConsistencyLevel: eventual
Response
The following is an example of the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users",
"@odata.count": 1,
"value": [
{
"displayName": "Grady Archie",
"givenName": "Grady",
"jobTitle": "Designer",
"mail": "GradyA@contoso.com",
"userPrincipalName": "GradyA@contoso.com",
"id": "e8b753b5-4117-464e-9a08-713e1ff266b3"
}
]
}
Example 6: Use $search to get users with display names that contain the letters 'wa' including a count of returned objects
Request
The following is an example of the request. This request requires the ConsistencyLevel header set to eventual
because $search
is in the request. For more information about the use of ConsistencyLevel and $count
, see Advanced query capabilities on Azure AD directory objects.
Note: The
$count
and$search
query parameters are currently not available in Azure AD B2C tenants.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users?$search="displayName:wa"&$orderby=displayName&$count=true
ConsistencyLevel: eventual
Response
The following is an example of the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users",
"@odata.count":7,
"value":[
{
"displayName":"Oscar Ward",
"givenName":"Oscar",
"mail":"oscarward@contoso.com",
"userPrincipalName":"oscarward@contoso.com"
}
]
}
Example 7: Use $search to get users with display names that contain the letters 'wa' or the letters 'ad' including a count of returned objects
Request
The following is an example of the request. This request requires the ConsistencyLevel header set to eventual
because $search
is in the request. For more information about the use of ConsistencyLevel and $count
, see Advanced query capabilities on Azure AD directory objects.
Note: The
$count
and$search
query parameters are currently not available in Azure AD B2C tenants.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users?$search="displayName:wa" OR "displayName:ad"&$orderbydisplayName&$count=true
ConsistencyLevel: eventual
Response
The following is an example of the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users",
"@odata.count":7,
"value":[
{
"displayName":"Oscar Ward",
"givenName":"Oscar",
"mail":"oscarward@contoso.com",
"userPrincipalName":"oscarward@contoso.com"
},
{
"displayName":"contosoAdmin1",
"givenName":"Contoso Administrator",
"mail":"'contosoadmin1@fabrikam.com",
"userPrincipalName":"contosoadmin1_fabrikam.com#EXT#@microsoft.onmicrosoft.com"
}
]
}
Example 8: Use $filter to get users who are assigned a specific license
Request
The following is an example of the request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users?$select=id,mail,assignedLicenses&$filter=assignedLicenses/any(u:u/skuId eq cbdc14ab-d96c-4c30-b9f4-6ada7cdc1d46)
Response
The following is an example of the response.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users(id,mail,assignedLicenses)",
"value": [
{
"id": "cb4954e8-467f-4a6d-a8c8-28b9034fadbc",
"mail": "admin@contoso.com",
"assignedLicenses": [
{
"disabledPlans": [],
"skuId": "cbdc14ab-d96c-4c30-b9f4-6ada7cdc1d46"
}
]
},
{
"id": "81a133c2-bdf2-4e67-8755-7264366b04ee",
"mail": "DebraB@contoso.com",
"assignedLicenses": [
{
"disabledPlans": [],
"skuId": "cbdc14ab-d96c-4c30-b9f4-6ada7cdc1d46"
}
]
}
]
}
Example 9: Get the value of a schema extension for all users
In this example, the ID of the schema extension is ext55gb1l09_msLearnCourses
.
Request
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users?$select=ext55gb1l09_msLearnCourses
Response
In the following response, the schema extension property ext55gb1l09_msLearnCourses
is unassigned in two of the user objects.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users(ext55gb1l09_msLearnCourses)",
"value": [
{},
{
"ext55gb1l09_msLearnCourses": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.ComplexExtensionValue",
"courseType": "Developer",
"courseName": "Introduction to Microsoft Graph",
"courseId": 1
}
},
{}
]
}
Note: You can also apply
$filter
on the schema extension property to retrieve objects where a property in the collection matches a specified value. The syntax is/users?$filter={schemaPropertyID}/{propertyName} eq 'value'
. For example,GET /users?$select=ext55gb1l09_msLearnCourses&$filter=ext55gb1l09_msLearnCourses/courseType eq 'Developer'
. Theeq
andnot
operators are supported.
Example 10: Get users including their last sign-in time
Request
The following is an example of the request. Details for the signInActivity property require an Azure AD Premium P1/P2 license and the AuditLog.Read.All permission.
Note: There's a known issue with retrieving the signInActivity property.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users?$select=displayName,userPrincipalName,signInActivity
Response
The following is an example of the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users(displayName,userPrincipalName,signInActivity)",
"value": [
{
"displayName": "Adele Vance",
"userPrincipalName": "AdeleV@contoso.com",
"id": "1aecaf40-dc3a-461f-88a8-d06994e12898",
"signInActivity": {
"lastSignInDateTime": "2021-06-17T16:41:33Z",
"lastSignInRequestId": "d4d31c40-4c36-4775-ad59-7d1e6a171f00",
"lastNonInteractiveSignInDateTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"lastNonInteractiveSignInRequestId": ""
}
},
{
"displayName": "Alex Wilber",
"userPrincipalName": "AlexW@contoso.com",
"id": "f0662ee5-84b1-43d6-8338-769cce1bc141",
"signInActivity": {
"lastSignInDateTime": "2021-07-29T15:53:27Z",
"lastSignInRequestId": "f3149ee1-e347-4181-b45b-99a1f82b1c00",
"lastNonInteractiveSignInDateTime": "2021-07-29T17:53:42Z",
"lastNonInteractiveSignInRequestId": "868efa6a-b2e9-40e9-9b1c-0aaea5b50200"
}
}
]
}
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