Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) Policies.token Lifetime Policy API

The policies.tokenLifetimePolicy API from Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) — 6 operation(s) for policies.tokenlifetimepolicy.

Business capability
Identity & Access Management BC-620.20

Operations 9

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 /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies List token lifetime policies · List tokenLifetimePolicies #
Ask an LLM
“What token lifetime policies are defined in my tenant?”
“Which policies control how long access and ID tokens stay valid?”
Tell an agent
List all token lifetime policies.
Show every policy that sets access or ID token lifetimes.
POST /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies Create a token lifetime policy · Create tokenLifetimePolicy #
Ask an LLM
“How do I create a policy that shortens access token lifetime?”
“Can I define a custom token lifetime for tokens issued in my tenant?”
Tell an agent
Create a new token lifetime policy.
Add a token lifetime policy that sets a custom access token lifetime.
GET /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies/{tokenLifetimePolicy-id} Get a token lifetime policy · Get tokenLifetimePolicy #
Ask an LLM
“What token lifetime does a particular policy define?”
“Is a given token lifetime policy the organization default?”
Tell an agent
Get token lifetime policy {policy_id}.
Show the definition of token lifetime policy {policy_id}.
PATCH /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies/{tokenLifetimePolicy-id} Update a token lifetime policy · Update tokenlifetimepolicy #
Ask an LLM
“How do I change the lifetime set in an existing token lifetime policy?”
“Can I edit a token lifetime policy's definition in place?”
Tell an agent
Update token lifetime policy {policy_id}.
Change the token lifetime defined in policy {policy_id}.
DELETE /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies/{tokenLifetimePolicy-id} Delete a token lifetime policy · Delete tokenLifetimePolicy #
Ask an LLM
“How do I remove a token lifetime policy we no longer want?”
“Can I delete a token lifetime policy so tokens fall back to default lifetimes?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete token lifetime policy {policy_id}.
Remove the token lifetime policy {policy_id} from the tenant.
GET /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies/{tokenLifetimePolicy-id}/appliesTo List apps a token lifetime policy applies to · List appliesTo #
Ask an LLM
“Which applications or service principals is a token lifetime policy applied to?”
“Where is this token lifetime policy in effect?”
Tell an agent
List the objects token lifetime policy {policy_id} applies to.
Show the apps and service principals using token lifetime policy {policy_id}.
GET /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies/{tokenLifetimePolicy-id}/appliesTo/{directoryObject-id} Get one object a token lifetime policy applies to · Get appliesTo from policies #
Ask an LLM
“Is a specific application covered by a given token lifetime policy?”
“Can I read one directory object from a token lifetime policy's applies-to list?”
Tell an agent
Get object {object_id} from the applies-to list of token lifetime policy {policy_id}.
Check whether directory object {object_id} is under token lifetime policy {policy_id}.
GET /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies/{tokenLifetimePolicy-id}/appliesTo/$count Count objects a token lifetime policy applies to · Get the number of the resource #
Ask an LLM
“How many apps is a token lifetime policy applied to?”
“Is this token lifetime policy assigned anywhere at all?”
Tell an agent
Count the objects token lifetime policy {policy_id} applies to.
Tell me how many apps use token lifetime policy {policy_id}.
GET /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies/$count Count token lifetime policies · Get the number of the resource #
Ask an LLM
“How many token lifetime policies does my tenant have?”
“What's the total number of token lifetime policies defined?”
Tell an agent
Count the token lifetime policies.
Tell me how many token lifetime policies exist in the tenant.

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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Identity.SignIns Policies.token Lifetime Policy API
  version: v1.0
servers:
- url: https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/
  description: Core
security:
- azureaadv2: []
tags:
- name: policies.tokenLifetimePolicy
paths:
  /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies:
    get:
      tags:
      - policies.tokenLifetimePolicy
      summary: List tokenLifetimePolicies
      description: Get a list of tokenLifetimePolicy objects.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/tokenlifetimepolicy-list?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: policy_ListTokenLifetimePolicy
      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.tokenLifetimePolicyCollectionResponse'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: '@odata.nextLink'
        operationName: listMore
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
    post:
      tags:
      - policies.tokenLifetimePolicy
      summary: Create tokenLifetimePolicy
      description: Create a new tokenLifetimePolicy object.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/tokenlifetimepolicy-post-tokenlifetimepolicies?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: policy_CreateTokenLifetimePolicy
      requestBody:
        description: New navigation property
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.tokenLifetimePolicy'
        required: true
      responses:
        2XX:
          description: Created navigation property.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.tokenLifetimePolicy'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
  /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies/{tokenLifetimePolicy-id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - policies.tokenLifetimePolicy
      summary: Get tokenLifetimePolicy
      description: Retrieve the properties and relationships of a tokenLifetimePolicy object.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/tokenlifetimepolicy-get?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: policy_GetTokenLifetimePolicy
      parameters:
      - name: tokenLifetimePolicy-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of tokenLifetimePolicy
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: tokenLifetimePolicy
      - 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.tokenLifetimePolicy'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
    patch:
      tags:
      - policies.tokenLifetimePolicy
      summary: Update tokenlifetimepolicy
      description: Update the properties of a tokenLifetimePolicy object.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/tokenlifetimepolicy-update?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: policy_UpdateTokenLifetimePolicy
      parameters:
      - name: tokenLifetimePolicy-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of tokenLifetimePolicy
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: tokenLifetimePolicy
      requestBody:
        description: New navigation property values
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.tokenLifetimePolicy'
        required: true
      responses:
        2XX:
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.tokenLifetimePolicy'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
    delete:
      tags:
      - policies.tokenLifetimePolicy
      summary: Delete tokenLifetimePolicy
      description: Delete a tokenLifetimePolicy object.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/tokenlifetimepolicy-delete?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: policy_DeleteTokenLifetimePolicy
      parameters:
      - name: tokenLifetimePolicy-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of tokenLifetimePolicy
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: tokenLifetimePolicy
      - 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/tokenLifetimePolicies/{tokenLifetimePolicy-id}/appliesTo:
    get:
      tags:
      - policies.tokenLifetimePolicy
      summary: List appliesTo
      description: Get a list of directoryObject objects that a tokenLifetimePolicy object has been applied to. The tokenLifetimePolicy can only be applied to application.
      externalDocs:
        description: Find more info here
        url: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/api/tokenlifetimepolicy-list-appliesto?view=graph-rest-1.0
      operationId: policy.tokenLifetimePolicy_ListAppliesTo
      parameters:
      - name: tokenLifetimePolicy-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of tokenLifetimePolicy
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: tokenLifetimePolicy
      - $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.directoryObjectCollectionResponse'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-pageable:
        nextLinkName: '@odata.nextLink'
        operationName: listMore
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
  /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies/{tokenLifetimePolicy-id}/appliesTo/{directoryObject-id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - policies.tokenLifetimePolicy
      summary: Get appliesTo from policies
      operationId: policy.tokenLifetimePolicy_GetAppliesTo
      parameters:
      - name: tokenLifetimePolicy-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of tokenLifetimePolicy
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: tokenLifetimePolicy
      - name: directoryObject-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of directoryObject
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: directoryObject
      - 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.directoryObject'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
      x-ms-docs-operation-type: operation
  /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies/{tokenLifetimePolicy-id}/appliesTo/$count:
    get:
      tags:
      - policies.tokenLifetimePolicy
      summary: Get the number of the resource
      operationId: policy.tokenLifetimePolicy.appliesTo_GetCount
      parameters:
      - name: tokenLifetimePolicy-id
        in: path
        description: The unique identifier of tokenLifetimePolicy
        required: true
        style: simple
        schema:
          type: string
        x-ms-docs-key-type: tokenLifetimePolicy
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/search'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/filter'
      responses:
        2XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ODataCountResponse'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/error'
  /policies/tokenLifetimePolicies/$count:
    get:
      tags:
      - policies.tokenLifetimePolicy
      summary: Get the number of the resource
      operationId: policy.tokenLifetimePolicy_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.directoryObjectCollectionResponse:
      description: Retrieved collection
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.directoryObjectCollectionResponse'
    microsoft.graph.tokenLifetimePolicyCollectionResponse:
      description: Retrieved collection
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.tokenLifetimePolicyCollectionResponse'
    ODataCountResponse:
      description: The count of the resource
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ODataCountResponse'
  schemas:
    microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.InnerError:
      type: object
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
      description: The structure of this object is service-specific
    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.tokenLifetimePolicyCollectionResponse:
      title: Collection of tokenLifetimePolicy
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.tokenLifetimePolicy'
        '@odata.nextLink':
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    microsoft.graph.policyBase:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.directoryObject'
      - title: policyBase
        type: object
        properties:
          description:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: Description for this policy. Required.
          displayName:
            type:
            - string
            - 'null'
            description: Display name for this policy. Required.
        additionalProperties:
          type: object
    microsoft.graph.tokenLifetimePolicy:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.stsPolicy'
      - title: tokenLifetimePolicy
        type: object
        additionalProperties:
          type: object
    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.ODataErrors.ODataError:
      required:
      - error
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.ODataErrors.MainError'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    microsoft.graph.stsPolicy:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.policyBase'
      - title: stsPolicy
        type: object
        properties:
          definition:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
            description: A string collection containing a JSON string that defines the rules and settings for a policy. The syntax for the definition differs for each derived policy type. Required.
          isOrganizationDefault:
            type:
            - boolean
            - 'null'
            description: If set to true, activates this policy. There can be many policies for the same policy type, but only one can be activated as the organization default. Optional, default value is false.
          appliesTo:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.directoryObject'
            x-ms-navigationProperty: true
        additionalProperties:
          type: object
    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.entity:
      title: entity
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The unique identifier for an entity. Read-only.
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
    ODataCountResponse:
      type: integer
      format: int32
    microsoft.graph.directoryObjectCollectionResponse:
      title: Collection of directoryObject
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/microsoft.graph.directoryObject'
        '@odata.nextLink':
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
  parameters:
    top:
      name: $top
      in: query
      description: Show only the first n items
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        minimum: 0
        type: integer
      example: 50
    skip:
      name: $skip
      in: query
      description: Skip the first n items
      style: form
      explode: false
      schema:
        minimum: 0
        type: integer
    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
  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: {}