user: changePassword

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.

Update the signed-in user's password. Any user can update their password without belonging to any administrator role.

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)	Directory.AccessAsUser.All	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

HTTP request

POST /me/changePassword

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
currentPassword	String	Your current password.
newPassword	String	Your new password.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code.

Example

The following example shows a request to update your own password.

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/changePassword
Content-type: application/json

{
    "currentPassword": "xWwvJ]6NMw+bWH-d",
    "newPassword": "0eM85N54wFxWwvJ]"
}

C#

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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Me.ChangePassword;

var requestBody = new ChangePasswordPostRequestBody
{
	CurrentPassword = "xWwvJ]6NMw+bWH-d",
	NewPassword = "0eM85N54wFxWwvJ]",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
await graphClient.Me.ChangePassword.PostAsync(requestBody);

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 users change-password post --user-id {user-id} --body '{\
    "currentPassword": "xWwvJ]6NMw+bWH-d",\
    "newPassword": "0eM85N54wFxWwvJ]"\
}\
'

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"
	  graphusers "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/users"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphusers.NewItemChangePasswordPostRequestBody()
currentPassword := "xWwvJ]6NMw+bWH-d"
requestBody.SetCurrentPassword(&currentPassword) 
newPassword := "0eM85N54wFxWwvJ]"
requestBody.SetNewPassword(&newPassword) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphClient.Me().ChangePassword().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, 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);

com.microsoft.graph.beta.users.item.changepassword.ChangePasswordPostRequestBody changePasswordPostRequestBody = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.users.item.changepassword.ChangePasswordPostRequestBody();
changePasswordPostRequestBody.setCurrentPassword("xWwvJ]6NMw+bWH-d");
changePasswordPostRequestBody.setNewPassword("0eM85N54wFxWwvJ]");
graphClient.me().changePassword().post(changePasswordPostRequestBody);

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);

const changePassword = {
    currentPassword: 'xWwvJ]6NMw+bWH-d',
    newPassword: '0eM85N54wFxWwvJ]'
};

await client.api('/me/changePassword')
	.version('beta')
	.post(changePassword);

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;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Users\Item\ChangePassword\ChangePasswordPostRequestBody;


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

$requestBody = new ChangePasswordPostRequestBody();
$requestBody->setCurrentPassword('xWwvJ]6NMw+bWH-d');
$requestBody->setNewPassword('0eM85N54wFxWwvJ]');

$graphServiceClient->me()->changePassword()->post($requestBody)->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.Users.Actions

$params = @{
	currentPassword = "xWwvJ]6NMw+bWH-d"
	newPassword = "0eM85N54wFxWwvJ]"
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Update-MgBetaUserPassword -UserId $userId -BodyParameter $params

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
from msgraph_beta.generated.users.item.change_password.change_password_post_request_body import ChangePasswordPostRequestBody
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = ChangePasswordPostRequestBody(
	current_password = "xWwvJ]6NMw+bWH-d",
	new_password = "0eM85N54wFxWwvJ]",
)

await graph_client.me.change_password.post(request_body)

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

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

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