Update groupPolicyDefinition

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important: Microsoft Graph APIs under the /beta version are subject to change; production use is not supported.

Note: The Microsoft Graph API for Intune requires an active Intune license for the tenant.

Update the properties of a groupPolicyDefinition object.

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.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All

HTTP Request

PATCH /deviceManagement/groupPolicyDefinitions/{groupPolicyDefinitionId}
PATCH /deviceManagement/groupPolicyConfigurations/{groupPolicyConfigurationId}/definitionValues/{groupPolicyDefinitionValueId}/definition
PATCH /deviceManagement/groupPolicyConfigurations/{groupPolicyConfigurationId}/definitionValues/{groupPolicyDefinitionValueId}/presentationValues/{groupPolicyPresentationValueId}/presentation/definition
PATCH /deviceManagement/groupPolicyConfigurations/{groupPolicyConfigurationId}/definitionValues/{groupPolicyDefinitionValueId}/presentationValues/{groupPolicyPresentationValueId}/presentation/definition/nextVersionDefinition
PATCH /deviceManagement/groupPolicyConfigurations/{groupPolicyConfigurationId}/definitionValues/{groupPolicyDefinitionValueId}/presentationValues/{groupPolicyPresentationValueId}/presentation/definition/previousVersionDefinition
PATCH /deviceManagement/groupPolicyConfigurations/{groupPolicyConfigurationId}/definitionValues/{groupPolicyDefinitionValueId}/presentationValues/{groupPolicyPresentationValueId}/presentation/definition/category/definitions/{groupPolicyDefinitionId}
PATCH /deviceManagement/groupPolicyConfigurations/{groupPolicyConfigurationId}/definitionValues/{groupPolicyDefinitionValueId}/presentationValues/{groupPolicyPresentationValueId}/presentation/definition/definitionFile/definitions/{groupPolicyDefinitionId}

Request headers

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

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation for the groupPolicyDefinition object.

The following table shows the properties that are required when you create the groupPolicyDefinition.

Property	Type	Description
classType	groupPolicyDefinitionClassType	Identifies the type of groups the policy can be applied to. Possible values are: user, machine.
displayName	String	The localized policy name.
explainText	String	The localized explanation or help text associated with the policy. The default value is empty.
categoryPath	String	The localized full category path for the policy.
supportedOn	String	Localized string used to specify what operating system or application version is affected by the policy.
policyType	groupPolicyType	Specifies the type of group policy. Possible values are: admxBacked, admxIngested.
hasRelatedDefinitions	Boolean	Signifies whether or not there are related definitions to this definition
groupPolicyCategoryId	Guid	The category id of the parent category
minDeviceCspVersion	String	Minimum required CSP version for device configuration in this definition
minUserCspVersion	String	Minimum required CSP version for user configuration in this definition
version	String	Setting definition version
id	String	Key of the entity.
lastModifiedDateTime	DateTimeOffset	The date and time the entity was last modified.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and an updated groupPolicyDefinition object in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/deviceManagement/groupPolicyDefinitions/{groupPolicyDefinitionId}
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 530

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.groupPolicyDefinition",
  "classType": "machine",
  "displayName": "Display Name value",
  "explainText": "Explain Text value",
  "categoryPath": "Category Path value",
  "supportedOn": "Supported On value",
  "policyType": "admxIngested",
  "hasRelatedDefinitions": true,
  "groupPolicyCategoryId": "4d1e97a2-97a2-4d1e-a297-1e4da2971e4d",
  "minDeviceCspVersion": "Min Device Csp Version value",
  "minUserCspVersion": "Min User Csp Version value",
  "version": "Version value"
}

Response

Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 643

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.groupPolicyDefinition",
  "classType": "machine",
  "displayName": "Display Name value",
  "explainText": "Explain Text value",
  "categoryPath": "Category Path value",
  "supportedOn": "Supported On value",
  "policyType": "admxIngested",
  "hasRelatedDefinitions": true,
  "groupPolicyCategoryId": "4d1e97a2-97a2-4d1e-a297-1e4da2971e4d",
  "minDeviceCspVersion": "Min Device Csp Version value",
  "minUserCspVersion": "Min User Csp Version value",
  "version": "Version value",
  "id": "f9607947-7947-f960-4779-60f9477960f9",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-01-01T00:00:35.1329464-08:00"
}