directoryObject: getMemberGroups
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.
Return all the group IDs for the groups that the specified user, group, service principal, organizational contact, device, or directory object is a member of. This function is transitive.
This API returns up to 11,000 group IDs. If more than 11,000 results are available, it returns a 400 Bad Request
error with the Directory_ResultSizeLimitExceeded
error code. If you get the Directory_ResultSizeLimitExceeded
error code, use the List group transitive memberOf API instead.
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.
Group memberships for a directory object
Here, the permission allows you to read any directory object, regardless of the object type. To scope the operation to a specific object type and use lesser-privileged permissions, refer to other permissions tables on this page.
Permission type | Permissions (from least to most privileged) |
---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | Directory.Read.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. |
Application | Directory.Read.All |
Group memberships for a user
Permission type | Permissions (from least to most privileged) |
---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | User.ReadBasic.All and GroupMember.Read.All, User.Read.All and GroupMember.Read.All, User.ReadBasic.All and Group.Read.All, User.Read.All and Group.Read.All, Directory.Read.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. |
Application | User.ReadBasic.All and GroupMember.Read.All, User.Read.All and GroupMember.Read.All, User.ReadBasic.All and Group.Read.All, User.Read.All and Group.Read.All, Directory.Read.All |
Group memberships for a group
Permission type | Permissions (from least to most privileged) |
---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | GroupMember.Read.All, Group.Read.All, Directory.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. |
Application | GroupMember.Read.All, Group.Read.All, Directory.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All |
Group memberships for a service principal
Permission type | Permissions (from least to most privileged) |
---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | Application.Read.All, Directory.Read.All, Application.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. |
Application | Application.Read.All, Directory.Read.All, Application.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All |
Group memberships for an organizational contact
Permission type | Permissions (from least to most privileged) |
---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. |
Application | Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All |
Group memberships for a device
Permission type | Least privileged permissions | Higher privileged permissions |
---|---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | Application.Read.All | Application.ReadWrite.All, Device.Read.All, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, GroupMember.Read.All, User.Read.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. | Not supported. |
Application | Application.Read.All | Application.ReadWrite.All, Device.Read.All, Device.ReadWrite.All, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, GroupMember.Read.All, User.Read.All |
HTTP request
Group memberships for a directory object (user, group, service principal, or organizational contact).
POST /directoryObjects/{id}/getMemberGroups
Group memberships for the signed-in user or other users.
POST /me/getMemberGroups
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/getMemberGroups
Group memberships for a group.
POST /groups/{id}/getMemberGroups
Group memberships for a service principal.
POST /servicePrincipals/{id}/getMemberGroups
Group memberships for an organizational contact.
POST /contacts/{id}/getMemberGroups
Group memberships for a device.
POST /devices/{id}/getMemberGroups
Request headers
Name | Description |
---|---|
Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Content-Type | application/json |
Request body
In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
securityEnabledOnly | Boolean | true to specify that only security groups that the entity is a member of should be returned; false to specify that all groups and directory roles that the entity is a member of should be returned. true can be specified only for users or service principals to return security-enabled groups. |
Response
If successful, this method returns 200 OK
response code and String collection object in the response body.
Examples
Example 1: Check group memberships for a directory object
Request
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/0049d944-a805-4680-9f54-3ab292090309/getMemberGroups
Content-type: application/json
{
"securityEnabledOnly": false
}
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/$metadata#Collection(Edm.String)",
"value": [
"a8daa1fb-d24c-47d0-9e9e-c99e83394e3e"
]
}
Example 2: Check group memberships for the signed-in user
Request
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/getMemberGroups
Content-type: application/json
{
"securityEnabledOnly": true
}
Response
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#Collection(Edm.String)",
"value": [
"6239671a-0db6-4e8b-9d2f-f280efb5a181",
"2e2f1227-1586-45ae-bf51-fccc1de72625",
"f5987b5a-61f6-4c31-9fa2-7bfb845c8d2a"
]
}