Assign manager

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Assign a user's manager.

Note: You cannot assign direct reports; instead, use this API.

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

HTTP request

PUT /users/{id}/manager/$ref

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON object and pass an @odata.id parameter with the read URL of the directoryObject, user, or organizational contact object to be added.

Response

If successful, this method returns 204 No Content response code. It does not return anything in the response body.

Example

Request

The following is an example of the request. The request body is a JSON object with an @odata.id parameter and the read URL for the user object to be assigned as a manager.

HTTP

PUT https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/10f17b99-784c-4526-8747-aec8a3159d6a/manager/$ref
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.id": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/6ea91a8d-e32e-41a1-b7bd-d2d185eed0e0"
}

C#

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

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var requestBody = new Microsoft.Graph.Models.ReferenceUpdate
{
	OdataId = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/6ea91a8d-e32e-41a1-b7bd-d2d185eed0e0",
};
await graphClient.Users["{user-id}"].Manager.Ref.PutAsync(requestBody);

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);

const directoryObject = {
  '@odata.id': 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/6ea91a8d-e32e-41a1-b7bd-d2d185eed0e0'
};

await client.api('/users/10f17b99-784c-4526-8747-aec8a3159d6a/manager/$ref')
	.put(directoryObject);

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();

DirectoryObject directoryObject = new DirectoryObject();
directoryObject.id = "6ea91a8d-e32e-41a1-b7bd-d2d185eed0e0";

graphClient.users("10f17b99-784c-4526-8747-aec8a3159d6a").manager().reference()
	.buildRequest()
	.put(directoryObject);

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"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient, err := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewReferenceUpdate()
odataId := "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/6ea91a8d-e32e-41a1-b7bd-d2d185eed0e0"
requestBody.SetOdataId(&odataId) 

graphClient.Users().ByUserId("user-id").Manager().Ref().Put(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

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

$params = @{
	"@odata.id" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/6ea91a8d-e32e-41a1-b7bd-d2d185eed0e0"
}

Set-MgUserManagerByRef -UserId $userId -BodyParameter $params

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 FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);

$requestBody = new ReferenceUpdate();
$requestBody->set@odataid('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/6ea91a8d-e32e-41a1-b7bd-d2d185eed0e0');



$graphServiceClient->users()->byUserId('user-id')->manager()->ref()->put($requestBody);

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. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
client =  GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)

request_body = ReferenceUpdate()
request_body.@odata_id = 'https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/6ea91a8d-e32e-41a1-b7bd-d2d185eed0e0'




await client.users.by_user_id('user-id').manager.ref.put(request_body = request_body)

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.

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

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content