Update emailAuthenticationMethod

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Update a user's email address associated with an email Authentication Method object.

Permissions

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

Permissions acting on self

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

Permissions acting on other users

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

For delegated scenarios where an admin is acting on another user, the admin needs one of the following roles:

  • Global administrator
  • Privileged authentication administrator
  • Authentication administrator

HTTP request

PUT /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/authentication/emailMethods/{id}

Request headers

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

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the emailAuthenticationMethod object with the updated email address.

The following table shows the properties that are required when you update the emailAuthenticationMethod.

Property Type Description
emailAddress String Updated email address

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and an updated emailAuthenticationMethod object in the response body.

Examples

Request

PUT https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/kim@contoso.com/authentication/emailMethods/3ddfcfc8-9383-446f-83cc-3ab9be4be18f
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "emailAddress": "kim@contoso.com"
}

Response

The following is an example of the response.

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

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

{
  "id": "3ddfcfc8-9383-446f-83cc-3ab9be4be18f",
  "emailAddress": "kim@contoso.com"
}