Create cloudPcCloudApp

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Create a new cloudPcCloudApp object.

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.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	CloudPC.ReadWrite.All	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	CloudPC.ReadWrite.All	Not available.

HTTP request

POST /deviceManagement/virtualEndpoint/cloudApps

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 a JSON representation of the cloudPcCloudApp object.

The following table shows the properties available when you create a cloudPcCloudApp.

Property	Type	Description
appDetail	cloudPcCloudAppDetail	The details about the cloud app. This is a polymorphic type. Use @odata.type to specify the derived type: #microsoft.graph.cloudPcFilePathAppDetail for apps with a manually specified file path, or #microsoft.graph.cloudPcAutomaticDiscoveredAppDetail for automatically discovered apps. Required.
description	String	The description associated with the cloud app. The maximum allowed length for this property is 512 characters. Optional.
discoveredAppName	String	Name of the discovered app associated with the cloud app. Required.
displayName	String	The display name for the cloud app. Must be unique within a single provisioning policy. The maximum allowed length for this property is 64 characters. Required.
provisioningPolicyId	String	The ID of the provisioning policy associated with this cloud app. Required.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a cloudPcCloudApp object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows how to create a cloud app using the cloudPcFilePathAppDetail type.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/deviceManagement/virtualEndpoint/cloudApps
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "Remote Desktop Connection",
  "discoveredAppName": "Remote Desktop Connection",
  "provisioningPolicyId": "e31f75e9-25a8-41e9-a9d5-ce8fd484af15",
  "description": "",
  "appDetail": {
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.cloudPcFilePathAppDetail",
    "filePath": "C:\\Windows\\system32\\mstsc.exe",
    "commandLineArguments": "",
    "iconPath": "C:\\Windows\\system32\\mstsc.exe",
    "iconIndex": 0
  }
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#deviceManagement/virtualEndpoint/cloudApps/$entity",
  "id": "60a7bbf2-d831-4dc8-8375-1253403f7e74",
  "displayName": "Remote Desktop Connection",
  "discoveredAppName": "Remote Desktop Connection",
  "provisioningPolicyId": "e31f75e9-25a8-41e9-a9d5-ce8fd484af15",
  "description": "",
  "appDetail": {
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.cloudPcFilePathAppDetail",
    "filePath": "C:\\Windows\\system32\\mstsc.exe",
    "commandLineArguments": "",
    "iconPath": "C:\\Windows\\system32\\mstsc.exe",
    "iconIndex": 0
  },
  "addedDateTime": "2025-11-13T07:37:22.3049326Z",
  "lastPublishedDateTime": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "appStatus": "preparing",
  "actionFailedErrorCode": null,
  "actionFailedErrorMessage": null,
  "availableToUser": false,
  "scopeIds": [
    "0"
  ]
}