Add a member

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Use this API to add a member (user, group, or device) to an administrative unit. Currently it's only possible to add one member at a time to an administrative unit.

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)	AdministrativeUnit.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	AdministrativeUnit.ReadWrite.All

To add a member to an administrative unit, the calling principal must be assigned one of the following Azure AD roles:

• Privileged Role Administrator
• Global Administrator

HTTP request

POST /directory/administrativeUnits/{id}/members/$ref

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, provide the id of a user, group, device, or directoryObject 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.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directory/administrativeUnits/{id}/members/$ref
Content-type: application/json

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

C#

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var directoryObject = new DirectoryObject
{
	Id = "{id}"
};

await graphClient.Directory.AdministrativeUnits["{administrativeUnit-id}"].Members.References
	.Request()
	.AddAsync(directoryObject);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

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

await client.api('/directory/administrativeUnits/{id}/members/$ref')
	.post(directoryObject);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

DirectoryObject directoryObject = new DirectoryObject();
directoryObject.id = "{id}";

graphClient.directory().administrativeUnits("{id}").members().references()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(directoryObject);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

//THE GO SDK IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClient(requestAdapter)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewReferenceCreate()
"@odata.id" := "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}"
requestBody.Set"@odata.id"(&"@odata.id") 

graphClient.Directory().AdministrativeUnitsById("administrativeUnit-id").Members().$ref().Post(requestBody)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.DirectoryManagement

$params = @{
	"@odata.id" = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}"
}

New-MgDirectoryAdministrativeUnitMemberByRef -AdministrativeUnitId $administrativeUnitId -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);

$requestBody = new ReferenceCreate();
$requestBody->set@odataid('https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}');



$graphServiceClient->directory()->administrativeUnitsById('administrativeUnit-id')->members()->ref()->post($requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content