title	Update administrativeUnit
description	Update the properties of an administrativeUnit object.
author	DougKirschner
ms.localizationpriority	medium
ms.subservice	entra-directory-management
doc_type	apiPageType
ms.date	10/30/2024

Update administrativeUnit

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Update the properties of an administrativeUnit object.

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Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

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HTTP request

PATCH /administrativeUnits/{id}
PATCH /directory/administrativeUnits/{id}

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

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Property	Type	Description
description	String	Description for the administrative unit.
displayName	String	Display name for the administrative unit.
membershipRule	String	The dynamic membership rule for the administrative unit. For more information about the rules you can use for dynamic administrative units and dynamic groups, see Manage rules for dynamic membership groups in Microsoft Entra ID.
membershipRuleProcessingState	String	Controls whether the dynamic membership rule is actively processed. Set to `On` to activate the dynamic membership rule, or `Paused` to stop updating membership dynamically.
membershipType	String	Indicates the membership type for the administrative unit. The possible values are: `dynamic`, `assigned`. If not set, the default value is `null` and the default behavior is assigned.
visibility	String	The visibility of the administrative unit. If not set, the default value is `null` and the default behavior is public. It can be set to `HiddenMembership` to hide the membership from nonmembers.

The administrativeUnit resource supports extensions, which allows you to use the PATCH operation to add, update, or delete your own app-specific data in custom properties of an extension in an existing administrativeUnit instance.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request that sets a dynamic membership rule on an existing administrative unit to include all users whose country is the United States. It also updates the display name of the administrative unit.

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/administrativeUnits/4d7ea995-bc0f-45c0-8c3e-132e93bf95f8
Content-type: application/json

{
    "displayName": "Executive Division",
    "membershipType": "Dynamic",
    "membershipRule": "(user.country -eq \"United States\")",
    "membershipRuleProcessingState": "On"
}