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What's new in Microsoft Graph

Microsoft Graph provides a unified programmability model that you can use to access data in Microsoft 365, Windows, and Enterprise Mobility + Security. This article provides information about what's new in Microsoft Graph APIs, documentation, SDKs, and more.

For more detailed API-level updates, see the Microsoft Graph API changelog.

For details about previous updates to Microsoft Graph, see Microsoft Graph what's new history.

Important

Features in preview status are subject to change without notice, and might not be promoted to generally available (GA) status. Don't use preview features in production apps.

January 2025: New in preview only

Device and app management | Cloud PC

Retry a bulk action with selected Cloud PCs.

Identity and access | Directory management

  • Use the alternativeNames property on device to get or set alternative names for a device.
  • Use the deviceTemplate resource and its associated methods to manage device templates for devices in Microsoft Entra ID.
  • Use the mutualTlsOauthConfiguration resource and its associated methods to manage certificate authorities that are permitted to issue certificates for a specific set of objects used for mTLS.

Industry data ETL

Use the start operation on the industryDataRun resource to perform an on-demand run, with throttling limits of up to five successful runs every 12 hours.

December 2024: New and generally available

Reports

Microsoft Graph activity logs, which provide an audit trail of all HTTP requests that Microsoft Graph received and processed for your tenant, are now available in China operated by 21Vianet.

Security | Alerts and incidents

Enabled the description, displayName, resolvingComment, and severity properties as supported properties in an Update incident request.

Teamwork and communications | Shift management

Users

Published the following lesser privileged permissions for managing specific scenarios on the user object:

Permission Comments
User-Mail.ReadWrite.All Least privileged permission to update the otherMails property.
User-PasswordProfile.ReadWrite.All Least privileged permission to read and write password reset-related properties.
User-Phone.ReadWrite.All Least privileged permission to update the businessPhones and mobilePhone properties. Previously, only the Directory.AccessAsUser.All permission was supported to update the properties for admin user. We recommend you move the lesser privileged permission instead.
User.EnableDisableAccount.All Least privileged permission to update the accountEnabled property. Requires User.Read.All permission as well. Previously, only the Directory.AccessAsUser.All permission was supported to update the account status for admin users. We recommend you move the lesser privileged permission instead.
User.DeleteRestore.All Least privileged permission to delete a user, restore a deleted user from the recycle bin, or permanently delete a deleted user from the recycle bin. Also allows retrieving deleted users via the /directory/deleteditems/microsoft.graph.user endpoint.

December 2024: New in preview only

Backup Storage

Use the new restore bulk addition request API for more convenient, efficient, and scalable restore solutions. This API is designed to streamline the restore process by allowing direct submission of restoration resources in a bulk request. The following resources are supported:

Device and app management | Cloud PC

Identity and access | Directory management

While restoring soft-deleted users, you can now specify whether Microsoft Entra ID should replace the user's userPrincipalName with a new value.

Identity and access | Identity and sign-in

Reports | Microsoft 365 monitoring reports

The Microsoft 365 monitoring APIs provide telemetry data to monitor the health of various Microsoft services within a Microsoft 365 subscription for your organization. Use the new operations in the serviceActivity resource to get telemetry data for Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 Apps, and Microsoft Teams.

Security | Alerts and incidents

Enabled the description, displayName, and severity properties as supported properties in an Update incident request.

Sites and lists

Create and manage a news link page in SharePoint.

Teamwork and communications | Calls and online meetings

The get and list operations of the callRecording and callTranscript resources support the retrieval of call recordings or call transcripts from private chat meetings and channel meetings.

Teamwork and communications | Messaging

Use the firstChannelName property on team to set the name of the first channel created in a team.

Contribute to Microsoft Graph

Are there scenarios you'd like Microsoft Graph to support?

  • Suggest and vote for new features by using the Microsoft Graph Feedback Portal. Some new features originate as popular requests from the developer community. The Microsoft Graph team regularly evaluates customer needs and releases new features to the beta (https://graph.microsoft.com/beta) and v1.0 (https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0) endpoints.

  • Join the weekly Microsoft 365 platform community call and become an active member of the Microsoft Graph community. To discover the full calendar of developer calls, visit the Microsoft 365 and Power Platform community page.

  • Join our research panel to provide your input on our developer experiences.