title	Update attributeSet
description	Update the properties of an attributeSet object.
author	rolyon
ms.localizationpriority	medium
ms.subservice	entra-directory-management
doc_type	apiPageType
ms.date	04/05/2024

Update attributeSet

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Update the properties of an attributeSet 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 /directory/attributeSets/{attributeSetId}

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

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Property	Type	Description
description	String	Description of the attribute set. Can be up to 128 characters long and include Unicode characters. Optional.
maxAttributesPerSet	Int32	Maximum number of custom security attributes that can be defined in this attribute set. Default value is `null`. If not specified, the administrator can add up to the maximum of 500 active attributes per tenant. Optional.

Response

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

Examples

Request

The following example updates the description and the maximum number of attributes for an attribute set named Engineering.

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directory/attributeSets/Engineering
Content-Type: application/json
Content-length: 119

{
    "description":"Attributes for engineering team",
    "maxAttributesPerSet":20
}