Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) Policies.authentication Methods Policy API

The policies.authenticationMethodsPolicy API from Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) — 4 operation(s) for policies.authenticationmethodspolicy.

Operations 9

GET /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy Get authenticationMethodsPolicy #
PATCH /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy Update authenticationMethodsPolicy #
DELETE /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy Delete navigation property authenticationMethodsPolicy for policies #
GET /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy/authenticationMethodConfigurations Get externalAuthenticationMethodConfiguration #
POST /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy/authenticationMethodConfigurations Create new navigation property to authenticationMethodConfigurations for… #
GET /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy/authenticationMethodConfigurations/{authenticationMethodConfiguration-id} Get externalAuthenticationMethodConfiguration #
PATCH /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy/authenticationMethodConfigurations/{authenticationMethodConfiguration-id} Update externalAuthenticationMethodConfiguration #
DELETE /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy/authenticationMethodConfigurations/{authenticationMethodConfiguration-id} Delete externalAuthenticationMethodConfiguration #
GET /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy/authenticationMethodConfigurations/$count Get the number of the resource #

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OpenAPI Specification

azure-ad-policies-authenticationmethodspolicy-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Identity.SignIns Policies.authentication Methods Policy API
  version: v1.0
servers:
- url: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/
  description: Core
security:
- azureaadv2: []
tags:
- name: policies.authenticationMethodsPolicy
paths:
  /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy:
    get:
      tags:
      - policies.authenticationMethodsPolicy
      summary: Get authenticationMethodsPolicy
      description: Read the properties and relationships of an authenticationMethodsPolicy object.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/authenticationmethodspolicy-get?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: policy_GetAuthenticationMethodsPolicy
      parameters:
      - 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.authenticationMethodsPolicy'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
    patch:
      tags:
      - policies.authenticationMethodsPolicy
      summary: Update authenticationMethodsPolicy
      description: Update the properties of an authenticationMethodsPolicy object.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/authenticationmethodspolicy-update?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: policy_UpdateAuthenticationMethodsPolicy
      requestBody:
        description: New navigation property values
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodsPolicy'
        required: true
      responses:
        2XX:
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodsPolicy'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
    delete:
      tags:
      - policies.authenticationMethodsPolicy
      summary: Delete navigation property authenticationMethodsPolicy for policies
      operationId: policy_DeleteAuthenticationMethodsPolicy
      parameters:
      - 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
  /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy/authenticationMethodConfigurations:
    get:
      tags:
      - policies.authenticationMethodsPolicy
      summary: Get externalAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
      description: Read the properties and relationships of an externalAuthenticationMethodConfiguration object.
      operationId: policy.authenticationMethodsPolicy_ListAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
      parameters:
      - $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.authenticationMethodConfigurationCollectionResponse'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: '@odata.nextLink'
        operationName: listMore
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
    post:
      tags:
      - policies.authenticationMethodsPolicy
      summary: Create new navigation property to authenticationMethodConfigurations for…
      operationId: policy.authenticationMethodsPolicy_CreateAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
      requestBody:
        description: New navigation property
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodConfiguration'
        required: true
      responses:
        2XX:
          description: Created navigation property.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodConfiguration'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
  /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy/authenticationMethodConfigurations/{authenticationMethodConfiguration-id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - policies.authenticationMethodsPolicy
      summary: Get externalAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
      description: Read the properties and relationships of an externalAuthenticationMethodConfiguration object.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/externalauthenticationmethodconfiguration-get?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: policy.authenticationMethodsPolicy_GetAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
      parameters:
      - name: authenticationMethodConfiguration-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of authenticationMethodConfiguration
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: authenticationMethodConfiguration
      - 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.authenticationMethodConfiguration'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
    patch:
      tags:
      - policies.authenticationMethodsPolicy
      summary: Update externalAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
      description: Update the properties of an externalAuthenticationMethodConfiguration object.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/externalauthenticationmethodconfiguration-update?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: policy.authenticationMethodsPolicy_UpdateAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
      parameters:
      - name: authenticationMethodConfiguration-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of authenticationMethodConfiguration
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: authenticationMethodConfiguration
      requestBody:
        description: New navigation property values
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodConfiguration'
        required: true
      responses:
        2XX:
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodConfiguration'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
    delete:
      tags:
      - policies.authenticationMethodsPolicy
      summary: Delete externalAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
      description: Delete an externalAuthenticationMethodConfiguration object.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/externalauthenticationmethodconfiguration-delete?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: policy.authenticationMethodsPolicy_DeleteAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
      parameters:
      - name: authenticationMethodConfiguration-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of authenticationMethodConfiguration
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: authenticationMethodConfiguration
      - name: If-Match
        in: header
        description: ETag
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        2XX:
          description: Success
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
  /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy/authenticationMethodConfigurations/$count:
    get:
      tags:
      - policies.authenticationMethodsPolicy
      summary: Get the number of the resource
      operationId: policy.authenticationMethodsPolicy.authenticationMethodConfiguration_GetCount
      parameters:
      - $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'
    microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodConfigurationCollectionResponse:
      description: Retrieved collection
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodConfigurationCollectionResponse'
    ODataCountResponse:
      description: The count of the resource
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ODataCountResponse'
  schemas:
    microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodsPolicyMigrationState:
      title: authenticationMethodsPolicyMigrationState
      enum:
      - preMigration
      - migrationInProgress
      - migrationComplete
      - unknownFutureValue
      type: string
    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
    ODataCountResponse:
      type: integer
      format: int32
    microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodsRegistrationCampaignIncludeTarget:
      title: authenticationMethodsRegistrationCampaignIncludeTarget
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The object identifier of a Microsoft Entra user or group.
        targetedAuthenticationMethod:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: The authentication method that the user is prompted to register. The value can be Fido2 or microsoftAuthenticator.
        targetType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodTargetType'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.InnerError:
      type: object
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
      description: The structure of this object is service-specific
    microsoft.graph.registrationEnforcement:
      title: registrationEnforcement
      type: object
      properties:
        authenticationMethodsRegistrationCampaign:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodsRegistrationCampaign'
      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.advancedConfigState:
      title: advancedConfigState
      enum:
      - default
      - enabled
      - disabled
      - unknownFutureValue
      type: string
    microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.ErrorDetails:
      required:
      - code
      - message
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        target:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodConfigurationCollectionResponse:
      title: Collection of authenticationMethodConfiguration
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodConfiguration'
        '@odata.nextLink':
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodConfiguration:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.entity'
      - title: authenticationMethodConfiguration
        type: object
        properties:
          excludeTargets:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.excludeTarget'
            description: Groups of users that are excluded from a policy.
          state:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodState'
        additionalProperties:
          type: object
    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.authenticationMethodState:
      title: authenticationMethodState
      enum:
      - enabled
      - disabled
      type: string
    microsoft.graph.excludeTarget:
      title: excludeTarget
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The object identifier of a Microsoft Entra user or group.
        targetType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodTargetType'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodsPolicy:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.entity'
      - title: authenticationMethodsPolicy
        type: object
        properties:
          description:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: A description of the policy. Read-only.
          displayName:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: The name of the policy. Read-only.
          lastModifiedDateTime:
            pattern: ^[0-9]{4,}-(0[1-9]|1[012])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])T([01][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]:[0-5][0-9]([.][0-9]{1,12})?(Z|[+-][0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9])$
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: The date and time of the last update to the policy. Read-only.
            format: date-time
          policyMigrationState:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodsPolicyMigrationState'
          policyVersion:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: The version of the policy in use. Read-only.
          reconfirmationInDays:
            maximum: 2147483647
            minimum: -2147483648
            type:
            - number
            - 'null'
            format: int32
          registrationEnforcement:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.registrationEnforcement'
          authenticationMethodConfigurations:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodConfiguration'
            description: Represents the settings for each authentication method. Automatically expanded on GET /policies/authenticationMethodsPolicy.
            x-ms-navigationProperty: true
        additionalProperties:
          type: object
    microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodsRegistrationCampaign:
      title: authenticationMethodsRegistrationCampaign
      type: object
      properties:
        excludeTargets:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.excludeTarget'
          description: Users and groups of users that are excluded from being prompted to set up the authentication method.
        includeTargets:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodsRegistrationCampaignIncludeTarget'
          description: Users and groups of users that are prompted to set up the authentication method.
        snoozeDurationInDays:
          maximum: 2147483647
          minimum: -2147483648
          type: number
          description: 'Specifies the number of days that the user sees a prompt again if they select ''Not now'' and snoozes the prompt. Minimum: 0 days. Maximum: 14 days. If the value is ''0'', the user is prompted during every MFA attempt.'
          format: int32
        state:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.advancedConfigState'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodTargetType:
      title: authenticationMethodTargetType
      enum:
      - user
      - group
      - unknownFutureValue
      type: string
  parameters:
    filter:
      name: $filter
      in: query
      description: Filter items by property values
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        type: string
    search:
      name: $search
      in: query
      description: Search items by search phrases
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        type: string
    count:
      name: $count
      in: query
      description: Include count of items
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        type: boolean
    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
  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: {}