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)
Directory.ReadWrite.All
Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)
Not supported.
Not supported.
Application
Application.ReadWrite.OwnedBy
Directory.ReadWrite.All
To configure application provisioning or HR-driven provisioning, the calling user must also be assigned at least the Application Administrator or Cloud Application Administratordirectory role.
To configure Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync, the calling user must also be assigned at least the Hybrid Identity Administrator directory role.
HTTP request
POST /servicePrincipals/{id}/synchronization/jobs/{jobId}/schema/directories/{directoryId}/discover
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/{id}/synchronization/jobs/{jobId}/schema/directories/{directoryId}/discover
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.ServicePrincipals["{servicePrincipal-id}"].Synchronization.Jobs["{synchronizationJob-id}"].Schema.Directories["{directoryDefinition-id}"].Discover.PostAsync();
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
//other-imports
)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
discover, err := graphClient.ServicePrincipals().ByServicePrincipalId("servicePrincipal-id").Synchronization().Jobs().BySynchronizationJobId("synchronizationJob-id").Schema().Directories().ByDirectoryDefinitionId("directoryDefinition-id").Discover().Post(context.Background(), nil)
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
var result = graphClient.servicePrincipals().byServicePrincipalId("{servicePrincipal-id}").synchronization().jobs().bySynchronizationJobId("{synchronizationJob-id}").schema().directories().byDirectoryDefinitionId("{directoryDefinition-id}").discover().post();
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