Create user

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.

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

Create a new user 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. The specific permission required depends on the context.

Permission type	Permissions (from most to least privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)
Device management	DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All
MAM	DeviceManagementApps.ReadWrite.All
Onboarding	DeviceManagementServiceConfig.ReadWrite.All
Troubleshooting	DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application
Device management	DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All
MAM	DeviceManagementApps.ReadWrite.All
Onboarding	DeviceManagementServiceConfig.ReadWrite.All
Troubleshooting	DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All

HTTP Request

POST /users

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 user object.

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

Property	Type	Description
id	String	Unique identifier of the user.
On-boarding
deviceEnrollmentLimit	Int32	The limit on the maximum number of devices that the user is permitted to enroll. Allowed values are 5 or 1000.

Request body property support varies according to context.

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 46

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.user"
}

Response

Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. Properties returned from an actual call vary according to context.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 95

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.user",
  "id": "d36894ae-94ae-d368-ae94-68d3ae9468d3"
}