Create remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration object on the servicePrincipal. Use this configuration to enable the Microsoft Entra ID Remote Desktop Services (RDS) authentication protocol to authenticate a user to Microsoft Entra joined or Microsoft Entra hybrid joined devices.

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-RemoteDesktopConfig.ReadWrite.All	Application.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Application-RemoteDesktopConfig.ReadWrite.All	Application.ReadWrite.All, Application.ReadWrite.OwnedBy, Directory.ReadWrite.All

Important

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be an owner or member of the group or 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.

• Application Administrator*
• Cloud Application Administrator

HTTP request

POST /servicePrincipals/{servicePrincipalsId}/remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration

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 a JSON representation of the remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration object.

You can specify the following properties when creating a remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration.

Property	Type	Description
isRemoteDesktopProtocolEnabled	Boolean	Whether new Microsoft Entra ID Remote Desktop Services (RDS) authentication protocol to authenticate a user to Microsoft Entra joined or Microsoft Entra hybrid joined devices.over RDP is enabled or not. Required.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/00af5dfb-85da-4b41-a677-0c6b86dd34f8/remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration",
  "isRemoteDesktopProtocolEnabled": true
}

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration = {
  '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration',
  isRemoteDesktopProtocolEnabled: true
};

await client.api('/servicePrincipals/00af5dfb-85da-4b41-a677-0c6b86dd34f8/remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration')
	.post(remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration);

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.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration",
  "id": "ca738153-c98a-f822-a7d1-5a6e1058462b",
  "isRemoteDesktopProtocolEnabled": true
}