Get directoryAudit
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.
Get a specific Microsoft Entra audit log item. This includes an audit log item generated by various services within Microsoft Entra ID like user, application, device and group management, privileged identity management (PIM), access reviews, terms of use, identity protection, password management (self-service and admin password resets), self-service group management, and so on.
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) | AuditLog.Read.All and Directory.Read.All | Not available. |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. | Not supported. |
Application | AuditLog.Read.All and Directory.Read.All | Not available. |
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:
- Reports Reader
- Security Administrator
- Security Reader
HTTP request
GET /auditLogs/directoryAudits/{id}
Optional query parameters
This method doesn't support any OData query parameters to help customize the response. For general information, see OData query parameters.
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 directoryAudit object in the response body.
Example
Request
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/auditLogs/directoryAudits/{id}
Response
The following example shows the response.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"id": "Directory_504a302a-8f2d-418d-b7df-bf77de6ed831_M1N6X_27777783",
"category": "UserManagement",
"correlationId": "504a302a-8f2d-418d-b7df-bf77de6ed831",
"result": "success",
"resultReason": "",
"activityDisplayName": "Update user",
"activityDateTime": "2022-06-21T23:25:00.1458248Z",
"loggedByService": "Core Directory",
"operationType": "Update",
"userAgent": null,
"initiatedBy": {
"app": null,
"user": {
"id": "2c940657-1026-4386-bcfd-3176637ba01f",
"displayName": "Test Admin",
"userPrincipalName": "tadmin@contoso.com",
"ipAddress": "",
"userType": "Member",
"homeTenantId": null,
"homeTenantName": null
}
},
"targetResources": [
{
"id": "2c940657-1026-4386-bcfd-3176637ba01f",
"displayName": "Test User",
"type": "User",
"userPrincipalName": "tuser@contoso.com",
"groupType": null,
"modifiedProperties": [
{
"displayName": "StrongAuthenticationMethod",
"oldValue": "[{\"MethodType\":6,\"Default\":true},{\"MethodType\":7,\"Default\":false}]",
"newValue": "[{\"MethodType\":7,\"Default\":false},{\"MethodType\":6,\"Default\":true},{\"MethodType\":0,\"Default\":false},{\"MethodType\":5,\"Default\":false}]"
},
{
"displayName": "Included Updated Properties",
"oldValue": null,
"newValue": "\"StrongAuthenticationMethod\""
},
{
"displayName": "TargetId.UserType",
"oldValue": null,
"newValue": "\"Member\""
}
]
}
],
"additionalDetails": [
{
"key": "UserType",
"value": "Member"
}
]
}