Update profilePhoto

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.

Update the photo for the specified contact, group, team, or user in a tenant. The size of the photo you can update to is limited to 4 MB.

You can use either PATCH or PUT for this operation.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

To update the profile photo of a contact

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Contacts.ReadWrite	Not supported.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Contacts.ReadWrite	Not supported.

To update the profile photo of a group

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Group.ReadWrite.All	Not supported.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

To update the profile photo of a team

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	TeamSettings.ReadWrite.All	Not supported.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

To update the profile photo of a user

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	User.ReadWrite	User.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	User.ReadWrite.All	Not supported.

Note

• An app with only application permissions cannot update a group's photo.
• Permissions marked with * are supported only for backward compatibility. Please update your solutions to use an alternative permission and avoid using these permissions going forward.
• Global admin and User admin can update the photo of any user in the organization by using delegated permissions. This operation is also supported with application permissions. Updating the photo of any user in the organization requires User.ReadWrite.All permission. Updating the photo of the signed-in user only requires User.ReadWrite permission.
• Updating a user's photo using the Microsoft Graph API is currently not supported in Azure AD B2C tenants.

HTTP request

To update a contact's profile photo:

PATCH /me/contacts/{id}/photo/$value
PATCH /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/contacts/{id}/photo/$value
PATCH /me/contactfolders/{contactFolderId}/contacts/{id}/photo/$value
PATCH /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/contactfolders/{contactFolderId}/contacts/{id}/photo/$value

PUT /me/contacts/{id}/photo/$value
PUT /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/contacts/{id}/photo/$value
PUT /me/contactfolders/{contactFolderId}/contacts/{id}/photo/$value
PUT /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/contactfolders/{contactFolderId}/contacts/{id}/photo/$value

To update a group photo:

PUT /groups/{id}/photo/$value

To update a team photo:

PUT /teams/{id}/photo/$value

To update a user's profile photo:

PUT /me/photo/$value
PUT /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/photo/$value

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	e.g., image/jpeg. Required.

Request body

In the request body, include the binary data of the photo.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code or a 204 No Content response code for updating the photo of a team.

Examples

Example 1: Update the profile photo of a user

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

PUT https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/photo/$value
Content-type: image/jpeg

Binary data for the image

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc-beta users photo content put --user-id {user-id}

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const stream = Binary data for the image;

await client.api('/me/photo/$value')
	.version('beta')
	.put(stream);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Users

$params = Binary data for the image

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Set-MgBetaUserPhotoContent -UserId $userId -BodyParameter $params

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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/1.1 200 OK

Example 2: Update the photo of a team

Request

The following example shows a request to update a team photo.

HTTP

PUT https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/teams/172b0cce-e65d-44ce-9a49-91d9f2e8491e/photo/$value
Content-type: image/jpeg

Binary data for the image

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc-beta teams photo content put --team-id {team-id}

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const stream = Binary data for the image;

await client.api('/teams/172b0cce-e65d-44ce-9a49-91d9f2e8491e/photo/$value')
	.version('beta')
	.put(stream);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Teams

$params = Binary data for the image

Set-MgBetaTeamPhotoContent -TeamId $teamId -BodyParameter $params

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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/1.1 204 No Content