authenticationMethodsPolicy resource type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Defines authentication methods and the users that are allowed to use them to sign in and perform multifactor authentication (MFA) in Microsoft Entra ID.

Methods

Method	Return type	Description
Get authenticationMethodsPolicy	authenticationMethodsPolicy	Read the properties and relationships of an authenticationMethodsPolicy object.
Update authenticationMethodsPolicy	authenticationMethodsPolicy	Update the properties of an authenticationMethodsPolicy object.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
description	String	A description of the policy. Read-only.
displayName	String	The name of the policy. Read-only.
id	String	The identifier of the policy. Inherited from entity.
lastModifiedDateTime	DateTimeOffset	The date and time of the last update to the policy. Read-only.
policyVersion	String	The version of the policy in use. Read-only.
registrationEnforcement	registrationEnforcement	Enforce registration at sign-in time. This property can be used to remind users to set up targeted authentication methods.
policyMigrationState	authenticationMethodsPolicyMigrationState	The state of migration of the authentication methods policy from the legacy multifactor authentication and self-service password reset (SSPR) policies. The possible values are: premigration - means the authentication methods policy is used for authentication only, legacy policies are respected. migrationInProgress - means the authentication methods policy is used for both authentication and SSPR, legacy policies are respected. migrationComplete - means the authentication methods policy is used for authentication and SSPR, legacy policies are ignored. unknownFutureValue - Evolvable enumeration sentinel value. Do not use.

Relationships

Relationship	Type	Description
authenticationMethodConfigurations	authenticationMethodConfiguration collection	Represents the settings for each authentication method. Automatically expanded on GET /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy.

JSON representation

The following is a JSON representation of the resource.

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodsPolicy",
  "description": "String",
  "displayName": "String",
  "id": "String (identifier)",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "policyVersion": "String",
  "policyMigrationState": "String",
  "registrationEnforcement": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.registrationEnforcement"
  } 
}