Create crossTenantMigrationJob

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new crossTenantMigrationJob object. A job defines the migration batch but doesn't start validation or migration. After you create the job, call validate to verify tenant and resource configuration, then call migrate to begin the actual migration.

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

Important

For delegated access using work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role that grants the permissions required for this operation. This operation supports the following built-in roles, which provide only the least privilege necessary:

• Microsoft 365 Migration Administrator
• Global Administrator

HTTP request

POST /solutions/migrations/crossTenantMigrationJobs

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 crossTenantMigrationJob object.

You can specify the following properties when you create a crossTenantMigrationJob.

Property	Type	Description
completeAfterDateTime	DateTimeOffset	Date and time when the migration batch should start. Required.
displayName	String	Name of the crossTenantMigrationJob. Must be unique per tenant. Required.
exchangeSettings	exchangeOnlineCrossTenantMigrationSettings	Settings for Exchange Online migrations. Optional, but required if Exchange is a specified workload.
resources	String collection	Object IDs (GUID) of the resources to migrate. Limit of 2,000 resources per crossTenantMigrationJob. Required.
resourceType	String	Type of resources to migrate. Only Users is supported at this time. Required.
sourceTenantId	String	Tenant ID (GUID) of the source tenant for the migration. Required.
workloads	String collection	Workloads to migrate on the resources. Optional. If excluded, all available workloads are included in the migration.

Response

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

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/solutions/migrations/crossTenantMigrationJobs
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "xtmigration_user_req_1",
  "completeAfterDateTime": "2024-12-09T22:48:03.092Z",
  "sourceTenantId": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
  "exchangeSettings": {
    "targetDeliveryDomain": "xtmigration.onmicrosoft.com",
    "sourceEndpoint": "sampleEndpointText"
  },
  "resources": [
    "4dd550d9-9ea2-4e71-a16b-60b1d1c4f506",
    "63f15b55-f61a-49cb-a599-2e3d233afb2c",
    "41d94bac-3a53-47d6-a89e-583830104e15"
  ],
  "resourceType": "Users",
  "workloads": [
    "Teams",
    "Exchange",
    "ODSP"
  ]
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#solutions/migrations/crossTenantMigrationJobs/$entity",
  "id": "add14989-2b21-4001-81bd-a18b0bac1dea",
  "displayName": "Contoso_migration_job",
  "jobType": "validate",
  "status": "submitted",
  "message": "",
  "completeAfterDateTime": "2023-12-17T20:38:04.101Z",
  "targetTenantId": "87654321-4321-4321-4321-210987654321",
  "sourceTenantId": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
  "exchangeSettings": {
    "targetDeliveryDomain": "fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com",
    "sourceEndpoint": "sampleEndpointText"
  },
  "resources": [
    "4dd550d9-9ea2-4e71-a16b-60b1d1c4f506",
    "63f15b55-f61a-49cb-a599-2e3d233afb2c",
    "41d94bac-3a53-47d6-a89e-583830104e15"
  ],
  "resourceType": "Users",
  "workloads": ["Teams", "Exchange", "ODSP"],
  "createdBy": "admin@fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com",
  "createdDateTime": "2025-11-14T20:55:10.5427196Z",
  "lastUpdatedDateTime": "2025-11-14T20:55:10.5427196Z"
}