Update application

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Update the properties of an application object.

Important

Using PATCH to set passwordCredential is not supported. Use the addPassword and removePassword methods to update the password or secret for an application.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet

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

HTTP request

You can address the application using either its id or appId. id and appId are referred to as the Object ID and Application (Client) ID, respectively, in app registrations in the Microsoft Entra admin center. Replace {applicationObjectId} with the id for the application object.

PATCH /applications/{applicationObjectId}
PATCH /applications(appId='{appId}')

To update the logo, use the PUT method as follows.

PUT /applications/{applicationObjectId}/logo
PUT /applications(appId='{appId}')/logo

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 the values for relevant fields that should be updated. Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintain their previous values or are recalculated based on changes to other property values. For best performance, don't include existing values that haven't changed.

Property Type Description
api apiApplication Specifies settings for an application that implements a web API.
appRoles appRole collection The collection of roles defined for the application. These roles can be assigned to users, groups, or service principals. Not nullable.
displayName String The display name for the application.
groupMembershipClaims String Configures the groups claim issued in a user or OAuth 2.0 access token that the application expects. To set this attribute, use one of the following valid string values:
  • None
  • SecurityGroup: For security groups and Microsoft Entra roles
  • All: This will get all of the security groups, distribution groups, and Microsoft Entra directory roles that the signed-in user is a member of
identifierUris String collection The URIs that identify the application within its Microsoft Entra tenant, or within a verified custom domain if the application is multi-tenant. For more information, see Application Objects and Service Principal Objects. The any operator is required for filter expressions on multi-valued properties. Not nullable.
info informationalUrl Basic profile information of the application such as app's marketing, support, terms of service, and privacy statement URLs. The terms of service and privacy statement are surfaced to users through the user consent experience. For more information, see Add Terms of service and privacy statement for registered Microsoft Entra apps.
isFallbackPublicClient Boolean Specifies the fallback application type as public client, such as an installed application running on a mobile device. The default value is false, which means the fallback application type is confidential client such as web app. There are certain scenarios where Microsoft Entra ID cannot determine the client application type (for example, ROPC flow where it is configured without specifying a redirect URI). In those cases, Microsoft Entra ID will interpret the application type based on the value of this property.
keyCredentials keyCredential collection The collection of key credentials associated with the application. Not nullable.
logo Stream The main logo for the application. Not nullable. Use the PUT method to update the logo.
nativeAuthenticationApisEnabled nativeAuthenticationApisEnabled Specifies whether the native authentication APIs are enabled so that the application can use them to provide native authentication. The possible values are: none, all, and unknownFutureValue. For more information, see Native Authentication.
optionalClaims optionalClaims Application developers can configure optional claims in their Microsoft Entra apps to specify which claims they want in tokens sent to their application by the Microsoft security token service. See optional claims for more information.
parentalControlSettings parentalControlSettings Specifies parental control settings for an application.
publicClient publicClientApplication Specifies settings for installed clients such as desktop or mobile devices.
requiredResourceAccess requiredResourceAccess collection Specifies the resources that the application needs to access. This property also specifies the set of delegated permissions and application roles that it needs for each of those resources. This configuration of access to the required resources drives the consent experience. No more than 50 resource services (APIs) can be configured. Beginning mid-October 2021, the total number of required permissions must not exceed 400. Not nullable.
samlMetadataUrl String The URL where the service exposes SAML metadata for federation. This property is valid only for single-tenant applications.
signInAudience String Specifies what Microsoft accounts are supported for the current application. Supported values are:
  • AzureADMyOrg: Users with a Microsoft work or school account in my organization's Microsoft Entra tenant (i.e. single tenant)
  • AzureADMultipleOrgs: Users with a Microsoft work or school account in any organization's Microsoft Entra tenant (i.e. multi-tenant)
  • AzureADandPersonalMicrosoftAccount: Users with a personal Microsoft account, or a work or school account in any organization's Microsoft Entra tenant

The value for this property has implications on other app object properties. As a result, if you change this property, you may need to change other properties first. For more information, see Validation differences for signInAudience.
spa spaApplication Specifies settings for a single-page application, including sign out URLs and redirect URIs for authorization codes and access tokens.
tags String collection Custom strings that can be used to categorize and identify the application. Not nullable.
tokenEncryptionKeyId String Specifies the keyId of a public key from the keyCredentials collection. When configured, Microsoft Entra ID encrypts all the tokens it emits by using the key this property points to. The application code that receives the encrypted token must use the matching private key to decrypt the token before it can be used for the signed-in user.
uniqueName String The unique identifier that can be assigned to an application and used as an alternate key. Can updated only if null and is immutable once set.
web webApplication Specifies settings for a web application.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code and does not return anything in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Update the displayName for an application

Request

The following example shows the request.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/applications/{id}
Content-type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "New display name"
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 2: Update the appRoles for an application

The following example updates the appRoles collection for an application. To keep any existing app roles, include them in the request. Any existing objects in the collection that aren't included in the request are replaced with the new objects. This object is synchronized with the corresponding property of the service principal in the tenant.

Request

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/applications/fda284b5-f0ad-4763-8289-31a273fca865
Content-type: application/json

{
    "appRoles": [
        {
            "allowedMemberTypes": [
                "User",
                "Application"
            ],
            "description": "Survey.Read",
            "displayName": "Survey.Read",
            "id": "ebb7c86c-fb47-4e3f-8191-420ff1b9de4a",
            "isEnabled": false,
            "origin": "Application",
            "value": "Survey.Read"
        }
    ]
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content