title	Update federatedIdentityCredential
description	Update the properties of a federatedIdentityCredential object assigned to an application or an agentIdentityBlueprint.
author	nickludwig
ms.localizationpriority	medium
ms.subservice	entra-applications
doc_type	apiPageType
ms.date	12/03/2025

Update federatedIdentityCredential

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Update the properties of a federatedIdentityCredential object assigned to an application or an agentIdentityBlueprint.

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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.

Permissions for an application

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Permissions for an agentIdentityBlueprint

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HTTP request

For an application:

You can address the application using either its id or appId. id and appId are referred to as the Object ID and Application (Client) ID, respectively, in app registrations in the Microsoft Entra admin center.
You can also address the federated identity credential with either its id or name.

PATCH /applications/{id}/federatedIdentityCredentials/{federatedIdentityCredentialId}

PATCH /applications/{id}/federatedIdentityCredentials/{federatedIdentityCredentialName}

PATCH /applications(appId='{appId}')/federatedIdentityCredentials/{federatedIdentityCredentialId}

PATCH /applications(appId='{appId}')/federatedIdentityCredentials/{federatedIdentityCredentialName}

For an agentIdentityBlueprint:

You can address the federated identity credential with either its id or name.

PATCH /applications/{id}/microsoft.graph.agentIdentityBlueprint/federatedIdentityCredentials/{federatedIdentityCredentialId}

PATCH /applications/{id}/microsoft.graph.agentIdentityBlueprint/federatedIdentityCredentials/{federatedIdentityCredentialName}

Request headers

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

Request body

In the request body, supply only the values for properties that should be updated. Existing properties that are not included in the request body will maintain their previous values or be recalculated based on changes to other property values.

The following table specifies the properties that can be updated.

Property	Type	Description
audiences	String collection	The audience that can appear in the issued token. For Microsoft Entra ID, set its value to `api://AzureADTokenExchange`. This field can only accept a single value and has a limit of 600 characters.
claimsMatchingExpression	federatedIdentityExpression	Nullable. Defaults to `null` if not set. Enables the use of claims matching expressions against specified claims. If claimsMatchingExpression is defined, subject must be `null`. For the list of supported expression syntax and claims, visit the Flexible FIC reference.
description	String	A user-provided description of what the federatedIdentityCredential is used for. It has a limit of 600 characters.
issuer	String	The URL of the incoming trusted issuer (Secure Token Service). Matches the issuer claim of an access token. For example, with the Customer Managed Keys scenario, Microsoft Entra ID is the issuer and a valid value would be `https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenantid}/v2.0`. The combination of the values of issuer and subject must be unique on the app. It has a limit of 600 characters.
subject	String	Nullable. Defaults to `null` if not set. For Microsoft Entra issuer, the `objectId` of the servicePrincipal (can represent a managed identity) that can impersonate the app. The object associated with this GUID needs to exist in the tenant. For all other issuers, a string with no additional validation The combination of the values of issuer and subject must be unique on the app. If subject is defined, claimsMatchingExpression must be `null`. It has a limit of 600 characters.

Response

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

Examples

Example 1: Update a federated identity credential for an application

Request

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/applications/bcd7c908-1c4d-4d48-93ee-ff38349a75c8/federatedIdentityCredentials/15be77d1-1940-43fe-8aae-94a78e078da0
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "name": "testing02",
    "issuer": "https://login.microsoftonline.com/3d1e2be9-a10a-4a0c-8380-7ce190f98ed9/v2.0",
    "subject": "a7d388c3-5e3f-4959-ac7d-786b3383006a",
    "description": "Updated description",
    "audiences": [
        "api://AzureADTokenExchange"
    ]
}

C#

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Go

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Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Example 2: Update a federated identity credential for an agentIdentityBlueprint

Request

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/applications/bcd7c908-1c4d-4d48-93ee-ff38349a75c8/microsoft.graph.agentIdentityBlueprint/federatedIdentityCredentials/15be77d1-1940-43fe-8aae-94a78e078da0
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "name": "testing02",
    "issuer": "https://login.microsoftonline.com/3d1e2be9-a10a-4a0c-8380-7ce190f98ed9/v2.0",
    "subject": "a7d388c3-5e3f-4959-ac7d-786b3383006a",
    "description": "Updated description",
    "audiences": [
        "api://AzureADTokenExchange"
    ]
}