Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) Groups.app Role Assignment API

The groups.appRoleAssignment API from Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) — 3 operation(s) for groups.approleassignment.

Business capability
Identity & Access Management BC-620.20

Operations 6

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /groups/{group-id}/appRoleAssignments List app roles granted to a group · List appRoleAssignments granted to a group #
Ask an LLM
“Which application roles has a security group been assigned?”
“Can I filter a group's app role assignments by resource application?”
Tell an agent
List the app role assignments granted to group {group}.
Show app roles assigned to group {group} where {filter}.
POST /groups/{group-id}/appRoleAssignments Assign an app role to a group · Grant an appRoleAssignment to a group #
Ask an LLM
“How do I give every member of a security group an application role?”
“Do dynamic membership groups work when assigning an app role to a group?”
Tell an agent
Assign app role {appRoleId} of resource {resourceId} to group {group} as principal {principalId}.
Grant group {group} app role {appRoleId} on service principal {resourceId}.
GET /groups/{group-id}/appRoleAssignments/{appRoleAssignment-id} Get one app role assignment of a group · Get appRoleAssignments from groups #
Ask an LLM
“How do I look up a specific app role a group has been granted?”
“Which application and role does a given group assignment point to?”
Tell an agent
Get app role assignment {assignment} for group {group}.
Show the resource and role of assignment {assignment} on group {group}.
PATCH /groups/{group-id}/appRoleAssignments/{appRoleAssignment-id} Update a group's app role assignment · Update the navigation property appRoleAssignments in groups #
Ask an LLM
“Can I change which role an existing group app role assignment grants?”
“Is it possible to patch an app role assignment already granted to a group?”
Tell an agent
Change assignment {assignment} on group {group} to app role {appRoleId}.
Update existing app role assignment {assignment} of group {group}.
DELETE /groups/{group-id}/appRoleAssignments/{appRoleAssignment-id} Revoke an app role from a group · Delete appRoleAssignment #
Ask an LLM
“How do I take an application role away from a group?”
“Can revoking a group's app role assignment be conditioned on an ETag?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Remove app role assignment {assignment} from group {group}.
Revoke assignment {assignment} on group {group} if the ETag is {etag}.
GET /groups/{group-id}/appRoleAssignments/$count Count app roles assigned to a group · Get the number of the resource #
Ask an LLM
“How many app role assignments does a group have?”
“Do I need the ConsistencyLevel header to count a group's app role assignments with a filter?”
Tell an agent
Count the app role assignments on group {group}.
Give me the number of app roles granted to group {group} matching {filter}.

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OpenAPI Specification

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Applications Groups.app Role Assignment API
  version: v1.0
servers:
- url: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/
  description: Core
security:
- azureaadv2: []
tags:
- name: groups.appRoleAssignment
paths:
  /groups/{group-id}/appRoleAssignments:
    get:
      tags:
      - groups.appRoleAssignment
      summary: List appRoleAssignments granted to a group
      description: Retrieve the list of appRoleAssignment that have been granted to a group.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/group-list-approleassignments?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: group_ListAppRoleAssignment
      parameters:
      - name: group-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of group
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: group
      - name: ConsistencyLevel
        in: header
        description: 'Indicates the requested consistency level. Documentation URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/aad-advanced-queries'
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        examples:
          example-1:
            description: $search and $count queries require the client to set the ConsistencyLevel HTTP header to 'eventual'.
            value: eventual
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/top'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/skip'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/search'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/filter'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/count'
      - name: $orderby
        in: query
        description: Order items by property values
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          uniqueItems: true
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: $select
        in: query
        description: Select properties to be returned
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          uniqueItems: true
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: $expand
        in: query
        description: Expand related entities
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          uniqueItems: true
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      responses:
        2XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/microsoft.graph.appRoleAssignmentCollectionResponse'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: '@odata.nextLink'
        operationName: listMore
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
    post:
      tags:
      - groups.appRoleAssignment
      summary: Grant an appRoleAssignment to a group
      description: 'Use this API to assign an app role to a security group. All direct members of the group will be considered assigned. Security groups with dynamic memberships are supported. To grant an app role assignment to a group, you need three identifiers: Additional licenses might be required to use a group to manage access to applications.'
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/group-post-approleassignments?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: group_CreateAppRoleAssignment
      parameters:
      - name: group-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of group
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: group
      requestBody:
        description: New navigation property
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.appRoleAssignment'
        required: true
      responses:
        2XX:
          description: Created navigation property.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.appRoleAssignment'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
  /groups/{group-id}/appRoleAssignments/{appRoleAssignment-id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - groups.appRoleAssignment
      summary: Get appRoleAssignments from groups
      description: Represents the app roles granted to a group for an application. Supports $expand.
      operationId: group_GetAppRoleAssignment
      parameters:
      - name: group-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of group
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: group
      - name: appRoleAssignment-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of appRoleAssignment
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: appRoleAssignment
      - name: ConsistencyLevel
        in: header
        description: 'Indicates the requested consistency level. Documentation URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/aad-advanced-queries'
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        examples:
          example-1:
            description: $search and $count queries require the client to set the ConsistencyLevel HTTP header to 'eventual'.
            value: eventual
      - name: $select
        in: query
        description: Select properties to be returned
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          uniqueItems: true
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      - name: $expand
        in: query
        description: Expand related entities
        style: form
        explode: false
        schema:
          uniqueItems: true
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      responses:
        2XX:
          description: Retrieved navigation property
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.appRoleAssignment'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
    patch:
      tags:
      - groups.appRoleAssignment
      summary: Update the navigation property appRoleAssignments in groups
      operationId: group_UpdateAppRoleAssignment
      parameters:
      - name: group-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of group
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: group
      - name: appRoleAssignment-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of appRoleAssignment
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: appRoleAssignment
      requestBody:
        description: New navigation property values
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.appRoleAssignment'
        required: true
      responses:
        2XX:
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.appRoleAssignment'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
    delete:
      tags:
      - groups.appRoleAssignment
      summary: Delete appRoleAssignment
      description: Deletes an appRoleAssignment that a group has been granted.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/group-delete-approleassignments?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: group_DeleteAppRoleAssignment
      parameters:
      - name: group-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of group
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: group
      - name: appRoleAssignment-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of appRoleAssignment
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: appRoleAssignment
      - name: If-Match
        in: header
        description: ETag
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        2XX:
          description: Success
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
  /groups/{group-id}/appRoleAssignments/$count:
    get:
      tags:
      - groups.appRoleAssignment
      summary: Get the number of the resource
      operationId: group.appRoleAssignment_GetCount
      parameters:
      - name: group-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of group
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: group
      - name: ConsistencyLevel
        in: header
        description: 'Indicates the requested consistency level. Documentation URL: https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/aad-advanced-queries'
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        examples:
          example-1:
            description: $search and $count queries require the client to set the ConsistencyLevel HTTP header to 'eventual'.
            value: eventual
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/search'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/filter'
      responses:
        2XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ODataCountResponse'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
components:
  responses:
    error:
      description: error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.ODataError'
    ODataCountResponse:
      description: The count of the resource
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ODataCountResponse'
    microsoft.graph.appRoleAssignmentCollectionResponse:
      description: Retrieved collection
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.appRoleAssignmentCollectionResponse'
  schemas:
    microsoft.graph.entity:
      title: entity
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The unique identifier for an entity. Read-only.
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.InnerError:
      type: object
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
      description: The structure of this object is service-specific
    microsoft.graph.directoryObject:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.entity'
      - title: directoryObject
        type: object
        properties:
          deletedDateTime:
            pattern: ^[0-9]{4,}-(0[1-9]|1[012])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])T([01][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]([.][0-9]{1,12})?(Z|[+-][0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9])$
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: Date and time when this object was deleted. Always null when the object hasn't been deleted.
            format: date-time
        additionalProperties:
          type: object
    microsoft.graph.appRoleAssignment:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.directoryObject'
      - title: appRoleAssignment
        type: object
        properties:
          appRoleId:
            pattern: ^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$
            type: string
            description: The identifier (id) for the app role that's assigned to the principal. This app role must be exposed in the appRoles property on the resource application's service principal (resourceId). If the resource application hasn't declared any app roles, a default app role ID of 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 can be specified to signal that the principal is assigned to the resource app without any specific app roles. Required on create.
            format: uuid
          createdDateTime:
            pattern: ^[0-9]{4,}-(0[1-9]|1[012])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])T([01][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]([.][0-9]{1,12})?(Z|[+-][0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9])$
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: The time when the app role assignment was created. The Timestamp type represents date and time information using ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC time. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2014 is 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z. Read-only.
            format: date-time
          principalDisplayName:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: The display name of the user, group, or service principal that was granted the app role assignment. Maximum length is 256 characters. Read-only. Supports $filter (eq and startswith).
          principalId:
            pattern: ^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: The unique identifier (id) for the user, security group, or service principal being granted the app role. Security groups with dynamic memberships are supported. Required on create.
            format: uuid
          principalType:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: The type of the assigned principal. This can either be User, Group, or ServicePrincipal. Read-only.
          resourceDisplayName:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: The display name of the resource app's service principal to which the assignment is made. Maximum length is 256 characters.
          resourceId:
            pattern: ^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: The unique identifier (id) for the resource service principal for which the assignment is made. Required on create. Supports $filter (eq only).
            format: uuid
        additionalProperties:
          type: object
    microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.ODataError:
      required:
      - error
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.MainError'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.MainError:
      required:
      - code
      - message
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
          x-ms-primary-error-message: true
        target:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.ErrorDetails'
        innerError:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.InnerError'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    microsoft.graph.appRoleAssignmentCollectionResponse:
      title: Collection of appRoleAssignment
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.appRoleAssignment'
        '@odata.nextLink':
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    ODataCountResponse:
      type: integer
      format: int32
    microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.ErrorDetails:
      required:
      - code
      - message
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        target:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
  parameters:
    count:
      name: $count
      in: query
      description: Include count of items
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        type: boolean
    search:
      name: $search
      in: query
      description: Search items by search phrases
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        type: string
    skip:
      name: $skip
      in: query
      description: Skip the first n items
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        minimum: 0
        type: integer
    top:
      name: $top
      in: query
      description: Show only the first n items
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        minimum: 0
        type: integer
      example: 50
    filter:
      name: $filter
      in: query
      description: Filter items by property values
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    azureaadv2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token
          scopes: {}