Assign a manager
8/17/2019
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In this article
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 .
Permission type
Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)
User.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Directory.AccessAsUser.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)
Not supported.
Application
User.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
HTTP request
PUT /users/{id}/manager/$ref
Name
Type
Description
Authorization
string
Bearer {token}. Required.
Request body
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of directoryObject or user object to be added.
Response
If successful, this method returns 204 No Content response code. It does not return anything in the response body.
Example
Request
Here is an example of the request.
PUT https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{id}/manager/$ref
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: xxx
{
"@odata.id": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/{id}"
}
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );
var directoryObject = new DirectoryObject
{
Id = "{id}"
};
await graphClient.Users["{id}"].Manager.Reference
.Request()
.PutAsync(directoryObject);
Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.
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/$ref')
.put(directoryObject);
Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.
MSHTTPClient *httpClient = [MSClientFactory createHTTPClientWithAuthenticationProvider:authenticationProvider];
NSString *MSGraphBaseURL = @"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/";
NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[MSGraphBaseURL stringByAppendingString:@"/users/{id}/manager/$ref"]]];
[urlRequest setHTTPMethod:@"PUT"];
[urlRequest setValue:@"application/json" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
MSGraphDirectoryObject *directoryObject = [[MSGraphDirectoryObject alloc] init];
NSError *error;
NSData *directoryObjectData = [directoryObject getSerializedDataWithError:&error];
[urlRequest setHTTPBody:directoryObjectData];
MSURLSessionDataTask *meDataTask = [httpClient dataTaskWithRequest:urlRequest
completionHandler: ^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *nserror) {
//Request Completed
}];
[meDataTask execute];
Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.
IGraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();
DirectoryObject directoryObject = new DirectoryObject();
directoryObject.Id = "{id}";
graphClient.users("{id}").manager().reference()
.buildRequest()
.put(directoryObject);
Read the SDK documentation for details on how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance.
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
