| title | Create governanceRequest |
|---|---|
| description | Create a new governance request to establish a relationship with a governed tenant. |
| author | hafowler |
| ms.date | 03/10/2026 |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| ms.subservice | entra-tenant-governance |
| doc_type | apiPageType |
Namespace: microsoft.graph.tenantGovernanceServices
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Create a new governanceRequest to establish a governance relationship with a governed tenant. The governed tenant can then accept or reject the request.
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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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POST /directory/tenantGovernance/governanceRequests| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
| Content-Type | application/json. Required. |
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the microsoft.graph.tenantGovernanceServices.governanceRequest object.
You can specify the following properties when creating a governanceRequest.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| governedTenantId | String | The Microsoft Entra tenant ID of the governed tenant. Required. |
| governancePolicyTemplate@odata.bind | microsoft.graph.tenantGovernanceServices.governancePolicyTemplate | Provide the governance policy template ID that is used to generate the policySnapshot. Required. |
If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a microsoft.graph.tenantGovernanceServices.governanceRequest object in the response body.
The following example shows a request.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directory/tenantGovernance/governanceRequests
Content-Type: application/json
{
"governedTenantId": "bbbbcccc-1111-dddd-2222-eeee3333ffff",
"governancePolicyTemplate@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directory/tenantGovernance/governancePolicyTemplates/d3d3d3d3-eeee-ffff-aaaa-b4b4b4b4b4b4"
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The following example shows the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.tenantGovernanceServices.governanceRequest",
"id": "aaaaaaaa-0000-1111-2222-bbbbbbbbbbbb",
"governingTenantId": "aaaabbbb-0000-cccc-1111-dddd2222eeee",
"governingTenantName": "Contoso, Inc",
"governedTenantId": "bbbbcccc-1111-dddd-2222-eeee3333ffff",
"governedTenantName": "Fabrikam",
"expirationDateTime": "2025-09-17T02:36:22.714163Z",
"requestDateTime": "2025-09-03T02:36:22.7141627Z",
"status": "pending",
"policySnapshot": {
"policyId": "d3d3d3d3-eeee-ffff-aaaa-b4b4b4b4b4b4",
"multiTenantApplicationsToProvision": [
{
"appId": "66667777-aaaa-8888-bbbb-9999cccc0000",
"objectId": "cccccccc-2222-3333-4444-dddddddddddd",
"displayName": "Mega Monitor",
"requiredResourceAccesses": [
{
"resourceAppId": "00000003-0000-0000-c000-000000000000",
"permissions": [
{
"id": "633e0fce-8c58-4cfb-9495-12bbd5a24f7c",
"name": "Policy.Read.ConditionalAccess",
"type": "scope"
},
{
"id": "e1fe6dd8-ba31-4d61-89e7-88639da4683d",
"name": "User.Read",
"type": "scope"
}
]
}
]
}
],
"delegatedAdministrationRoleAssignments": [
{
"roleTemplates": [
{
"id": "f2ef992c-3afb-46b9-b7cf-a126ee74c451",
"name": "Global Reader"
}
],
"group": {
"id": "ffffffff-5555-6666-7777-aaaaaaaaaaaa"
}
}
]
}
}