List settings

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.

Retrieve a list of tenant-level or group-specific group settings objects.

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.

List tenant-wide settings

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All

List group-specific settings

Permission type Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account) Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All

For delegated scenarios, the calling user needs at least one of the following Microsoft Entra roles.

Microsoft Entra role Allowed privileges
Microsoft Entra Joined Device Local Administrator
Directory Readers
Global Reader
Read basic properties on setting templates and settings
Groups Administrator
Directory Writers
Manage all group settings
Authentication Policy Administrator Update Password Rule Settings
User Administrator Read basic properties on setting templates and settings
Update settings

HTTP request

List tenant-wide or group settings.

GET /settings

List group-specific settings.

GET /groups/{groupId}/settings

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $select OData query parameter to help customize the response.

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a collection of directorySetting objects in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/settings

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#settings",
  "value": [
    {
      "id": "f0b2d6f5-097d-4177-91af-a24e530b53cc",
      "displayName": "Group.Unified",
      "templateId": "62375ab9-6b52-47ed-826b-58e47e0e304b",
      "values": [
        {
          "name": "NewUnifiedGroupWritebackDefault",
          "value": "false"
        },
        {
          "name": "EnableMIPLabels",
          "value": "true"
        },
        {
          "name": "CustomBlockedWordsList",
          "value": ""
        },
        {
          "name": "EnableMSStandardBlockedWords",
          "value": "true"
        },
        {
          "name": "ClassificationDescriptions",
          "value": ""
        },
        {
          "name": "DefaultClassification",
          "value": ""
        },
        {
          "name": "PrefixSuffixNamingRequirement",
          "value": "[Contoso-][GroupName]"
        },
        {
          "name": "AllowGuestsToBeGroupOwner",
          "value": "false"
        },
        {
          "name": "AllowGuestsToAccessGroups",
          "value": "true"
        },
        {
          "name": "GuestUsageGuidelinesUrl",
          "value": "https://privacy.contoso.com/privacystatement"
        },
        {
          "name": "GroupCreationAllowedGroupId",
          "value": ""
        },
        {
          "name": "AllowToAddGuests",
          "value": "true"
        },
        {
          "name": "UsageGuidelinesUrl",
          "value": ""
        },
        {
          "name": "ClassificationList",
          "value": ""
        },
        {
          "name": "EnableGroupCreation",
          "value": "true"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}