Assign a manager

• 5/4/2019
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Use this API to assign a user's manager.

Note: You cannot assign direct reports - instead use this API.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

HTTP request

PUT /users/{id}/manager/$ref

Request headers

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of directoryObject or user object to be added.

Response

If successful, this method returns 204 No Content response code. It does not return anything in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

PUT https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{id}/manager/$ref
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: xxx

{
  "@odata.id": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{id}"
}

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of user object to be added.

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/1.1 204 No Content

SDK sample code

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var directoryObject = new DirectoryObject
{
};

await graphClient.Users["{id}"].Manager
	.Request()
	.PutAsync(directoryObject);

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const directoryObject = {
  @odata.id: "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{id}"
};

let res = await client.api('/users/{id}/manager/$ref')
	.put({directoryObject : directoryObject});

Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.