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.

October 2024: New and generally available

Backup storage

Updated the endpoints of the following methods:

Change notifications

Enabled the $notifyOnUserSpecificProperties query parameter as a value of the resource property in the subscription resource. You can use the notifyOnUserSpecificProperties parameter when you subscribe to notifications in a particular chat.

Identity and access | Directory management

Security | eDiscovery

Teamwork and communications | Apps

Use the clientAppId property on teamsAppAuthorization to get the registration ID of the Microsoft Entra app ID associated with an app in the Microsoft Teams app catalog.

Teamwork and communications | Calls and online meetings

Use the isDeltaRosterEnabled property on incomingCallOptions and outgoingCallOptions to indicate whether delta roster is enabled for a call.

Teamwork and communications | Messaging

  • Updated the chatMessage: delta method to use a new endpoint that gets the list of delta messages from all chats in which a user is a participant, including one-on-one chats, group chats, and meeting chats.
  • Use the reactionContentUrl property on chatMessageReaction to represent the hosted content URL for a custom reaction in a chatMessage.
  • Use the <customemoji></customemoji> tag on the content property of the itemBody resource to represent custom emojis in the message body in a chatMessage.
  • Use the displayName property on chatMessageReaction to represent the reaction name in a chatMessage.

October 2024: New in preview only

Backup storage

Added new endpoints for bulk addition of protection units into a protection policy:

Updated the endpoints of the following methods:

Device and app management | Cloud licensing

Device and app management | Cloud PC

Identity and access | Directory management

Get or update the uxSetting that restricts access to Microsoft Entra admin center to only administrators.

Identity and access | Identity and sign-in

Enabled suspiciousAPITraffic as a supported value for the riskEventType property in the servicePrincipalRiskDetection resource. You can retrieve this value when you use either the List servicePrincipalRiskDetections or Get servicePrincipalRiskDetection APIs.

Reports | Identity and access reports

The Microsoft Entra Health monitoring alerts APIs enable you to detect anomalous usage patterns in business-critical identity scenarios for your tenant and receive alert notifications. Use the operations of the alert and alertConfiguration resources to retrieve and update alerts and alert configurations. For details, see the related changelog section.

Security | eDiscovery

  • Enabled the deletion of Exchange mailbox items in the ediscoverySearch: purgeData method.
  • Deleted the permanentlyDeleted member from the purgeType enumeration in favor of the permanentlyDelete member.

Sites and lists

Updated the endpoints of the following methods:

Teamwork and communications | Calls and online meetings

  • Use the externalRegistrationInformation property on virtualEventRegistration to get or set the external information for a virtual event registration.
  • Use the following new methods for virtual events that are of the virtualEventTownhall type:
    • List all virtual event town halls created in a tenant.
    • Get the virtual event town halls where a specified user is an organizer or coorganizer.
    • Get the virtual event town halls where the signed-in user is an organizer or coorganizer.

Teamwork and communications | Messaging

  • Updated the chatMessage: delta method to use a new endpoint that gets the list of delta messages from all chats in which a user is a participant, including one-on-one chats, group chats, and meeting chats.
  • Get a chat message that has a forwarded message as an attachment.
  • Remove multiple members from a team in a single request.

Users

Changed the following on-premises synced properties of the user resource type that were read-only in Microsoft Graph to be updatable via Microsoft Graph:

  • onPremisesDistinguishedName
  • onPremisesDomainName
  • onPremisesSamAccountName
  • onPremisesSecurityIdentifier
  • onPremisesUserPrincipalName

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