Create hardwarePasswordDetail

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Create a new hardwarePasswordDetail 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

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)	DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All

HTTP Request

POST /deviceManagement/hardwarePasswordDetails

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Accept	application/json

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation for the hardwarePasswordDetail object.

The following table shows the properties that are required when you create the hardwarePasswordDetail.

Property	Type	Description
id	String	The unique identifier for the managed device. This ID is assigned at enrollment time. This is different than the Entra device ID, this one is for the managedDevice object itself. Supports: $filter, $select, $top, $OrderBy, $skip. This property is read-only.
serialNumber	String	The device serial number as defined by the device manufacturer. Supports: $filter, $select, $top, $OrderBy, $skip. This property is read-only.
currentPassword	String	The current device's BIOS password. Supports: $filter, $select, $top, $OrderBy, $skip. This property is read-only.
previousPasswords	String collection	The list of all the previous device BIOS passwords. Supports: $filter, $select, $top, $skip. This property is read-only.

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/deviceManagement/hardwarePasswordDetails
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 218

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.hardwarePasswordDetail",
  "serialNumber": "Serial Number value",
  "currentPassword": "Current Password value",
  "previousPasswords": [
    "Previous Passwords value"
  ]
}

Response

Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 267

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.hardwarePasswordDetail",
  "id": "e3ef8349-8349-e3ef-4983-efe34983efe3",
  "serialNumber": "Serial Number value",
  "currentPassword": "Current Password value",
  "previousPasswords": [
    "Previous Passwords value"
  ]
}