List settings

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 a list of tenant-level or group-specific group settings objects.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

List tenant-wide settings

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

List tenant-wide or group settings.

GET /settings

List group-specific settings.

GET /groups/{groupId}/settings

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $select OData query parameter 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 a collection of directorySetting objects in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/settings

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",
  "value": [
    {
      "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}