title	ediscoveryCustodian: applyHold
description	Start the process of applying hold to eDiscovery custodians.
author	SeunginLyu
ms.localizationpriority	medium
ms.subservice	ediscovery
doc_type	apiPageType
ms.date	11/15/2024

ediscoveryCustodian: applyHold

Namespace: microsoft.graph.security

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Start the process of applying hold on eDiscovery custodians. After the operation is created, you can use Get ediscoveryCustodian to retrieve the status of an ediscoveryCustodian.

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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

POST /security/cases/ediscoveryCases/{ediscoveryCaseId}/custodians/applyHold
POST /security/cases/ediscoveryCases/{ediscoveryCaseId}/custodians/{eDiscoveryCustodianId}/applyHold

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 a JSON representation of the parameters.

The following table shows the parameters that can be used with this action.

Parameter	Type	Description
ids	String collection	The IDs of custodians to apply hold. Optional.

Response

If successful, this action returns a 202 Accepted response code.

Examples

Example 1: Apply hold to multiple custodians

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/applyHold
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "ids": [
    "7f697316-43ed-48e1-977f-261be050db93", "b26888b3-e1f5-47c5-bdf2-33d1b90cb2e8"
  ]
}

C#

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Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted

Example 2: Apply hold to a single custodian

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/cases/ediscoveryCases/b0073e4e-4184-41c6-9eb7-8c8cc3e2288b/custodians/c25c3914f9f743ee9cbaa25377e0cec6/applyHold