Get directorySetting

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Retrieve the properties of a specific directory setting 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

The following tables show the least privileged permission or permissions required to call this API on each supported resource type. Follow best practices to request least privileged permissions. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

List tenant-wide settings

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Directory.Read.All	Directory.ReadWrite.Al
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Directory.Read.All	Directory.ReadWrite.All

List group-specific settings

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Group.Read.All	Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Group.Read.All	Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.ReadWrite.All

Important

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation.

• Read basic properties on setting templates and settings - Microsoft Entra Joined Device Local Administrator, Directory Readers, Global Reader
• Manage all group/directory settings - Directory Writers
• Manage global and local settings for groups; manage Group.Unified.Guest and Group.Unified settings - Groups Administrator
• Update Password Rule Settings - Authentication Policy Administrator
• Update settings, Read basic properties on setting templates and settings - User Administrator

HTTP request

Get a tenant-wide setting.

GET /settings/{directorySettingId}

Get a group-specific setting.

GET /groups/{groupId}/settings/{directorySettingId}

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $select OData query parameters to help customize the response.

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and directorySetting object in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/settings/f0b2d6f5-097d-4177-91af-a24e530b53cc

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Settings["{directorySetting-id}"].GetAsync();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc-beta settings get --directory-setting-id {directorySetting-id}

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
settings, err := graphClient.Settings().ByDirectorySettingId("directorySetting-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

DirectorySetting result = graphClient.settings().byDirectorySettingId("{directorySetting-id}").get();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let directorySetting = await client.api('/settings/f0b2d6f5-097d-4177-91af-a24e530b53cc')
	.version('beta')
	.get();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->settings()->byDirectorySettingId('directorySetting-id')->get()->wait();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Identity.DirectoryManagement

Get-MgBetaDirectorySetting -DirectorySettingId $directorySettingId

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.settings.by_directory_setting_id('directorySetting-id').get()

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#settings/$entity",
  "id": "f0b2d6f5-097d-4177-91af-a24e530b53cc",
  "displayName": "Group.Unified",
  "templateId": "62375ab9-6b52-47ed-826b-58e47e0e304b",
  "values": [
    {
      "name": "NewUnifiedGroupWritebackDefault",
      "value": "false"
    },
    {
      "name": "EnableMIPLabels",
      "value": "true"
    },
    {
      "name": "CustomBlockedWordsList",
      "value": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "EnableMSStandardBlockedWords",
      "value": "true"
    },
    {
      "name": "ClassificationDescriptions",
      "value": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "DefaultClassification",
      "value": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "PrefixSuffixNamingRequirement",
      "value": "[Contoso-][GroupName]"
    },
    {
      "name": "AllowGuestsToBeGroupOwner",
      "value": "false"
    },
    {
      "name": "AllowGuestsToAccessGroups",
      "value": "true"
    },
    {
      "name": "GuestUsageGuidelinesUrl",
      "value": "https://privacy.contoso.com/privacystatement"
    },
    {
      "name": "GroupCreationAllowedGroupId",
      "value": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "AllowToAddGuests",
      "value": "true"
    },
    {
      "name": "UsageGuidelinesUrl",
      "value": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "ClassificationList",
      "value": ""
    },
    {
      "name": "EnableGroupCreation",
      "value": "true"
    }
  ]
}