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objectIdentity resource type

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Namespace: microsoft.graph

Represents an identity used to sign in to a user account. An identity can be provided by Microsoft, by organizations, or by social identity providers such as Facebook, Google, or Microsoft. This enables the user to sign in to the user account with any of those associated identities.

The identities property of the user resource is an objectIdentity object.

Properties

Property Type Description
signInType String Specifies the user sign-in types in your directory, such as emailAddress, userName, federated, or userPrincipalName. federated represents a unique identifier for a user from an issuer that can be in any format chosen by the issuer. Setting or updating a userPrincipalName identity updates the value of the userPrincipalName property on the user object. The validations performed on the userPrincipalName property on the user object, for example, verified domains and acceptable characters, are performed when setting or updating a userPrincipalName identity. Extra validation is enforced on issuerAssignedId when the sign-in type is set to emailAddress or userName. This property can also be set to any custom string.
For more information about filtering behavior for this property, see Filtering on the identities property of a user.
issuer String Specifies the issuer of the identity, for example facebook.com. 512 character limit.

For local accounts (where signInType isn't federated), this property is the local default domain name for the tenant, for example contoso.com.
For guests from other Microsoft Entra organizations, this is the domain of the federated organization, for example contoso.com. For more information about filtering behavior for this property, see Filtering on the identities property of a user.
issuerAssignedId String Specifies the unique identifier assigned to the user by the issuer. 64 character limit. The combination of issuer and issuerAssignedId must be unique within the organization. Represents the sign-in name for the user, when signInType is set to emailAddress or userName (also known as local accounts).
When signInType is set to:
  • emailAddress (or a custom string that starts with emailAddress like emailAddress1), issuerAssignedId must be a valid email address
  • userName, issuerAssignedId must begin with an alphabetical character or number, and can only contain alphanumeric characters and the following symbols: - or _


    • For more information about filtering behavior for this property, see Filtering on the identities property of a user.

Filtering

When filtering on the identities property for an issuerAssignedId:

  • Filtering on issuer alone is supported for the following values: google.com, facebook.com, mail, and phone.
  • Filtering for entries with a signInType of federated requires a valid issuer and issuerAssignedId.
  • Filtering for entries with a signInType of userName or emailAddress requires a valid issuer and issuerAssignedId but ignores the issuer value. This is by design.
  • Filtering for entries with a signInType of userPrincipalName isn't supported. You can filter on the userPrincipalName property on the user object instead.

JSON representation

The following JSON representation shows the resource type.

{
  "signInType": "string",
  "issuer": "string",
  "issuerAssignedId": "string"
}