| title | Create administrativeUnit |
|---|---|
| description | Create a new administrativeUnit. |
| author | DougKirschner |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| ms.subservice | entra-directory-management |
| doc_type | apiPageType |
| ms.date | 10/30/2024 |
Namespace: microsoft.graph
[!INCLUDE beta-disclaimer]
Create a new administrativeUnit.
[!INCLUDE national-cloud-support]
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.
[!INCLUDE permissions-table]
[!INCLUDE rbac-admin-units-apis-write]
POST /administrativeUnits
POST /directory/administrativeUnits| 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 an administrativeUnit object.
You can specify the following properties when you create an administrativeUnit.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| description | String | Description for the administrative unit. Optional. |
| displayName | String | Display name for the administrative unit. Required. |
| isMemberManagementRestricted | Boolean | true if members of this administrative unit should be treated as sensitive, which requires specific permissions to manage. If not set, the default value is null and the default behavior is false. Use this property to define administrative units with roles that don't inherit from tenant-level administrators, and management of individual member objects is limited to administrators scoped to a restricted management administrative unit. This property is immutable and can't be changed later. Optional. |
| 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. Optional. |
| 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. Optional. |
| 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. Optional. |
| 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. Optional. |
The administrativeUnit resource supports extensions, which allows you to use the POST operation to add custom properties with your own data when you create the administrative unit.
If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and an administrativeUnit object in the response body.
The following example creates a new administrative unit with a dynamic membership rule to include all users whose country is United States.
The following example shows a request.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/administrativeUnits
Content-type: application/json
{
"displayName": "Seattle District Technical Schools",
"description": "Seattle district technical schools administration",
"membershipType": "Dynamic",
"membershipRule": "(user.country -eq \"United States\")",
"membershipRuleProcessingState": "On"
}[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
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.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#administrativeUnits/$entity",
"id": "49eb93f2-a5a2-4567-ad66-76a3ebd01d84",
"deletedDateTime": null,
"displayName": "Seattle District Technical Schools",
"description": "Seattle district technical schools administration",
"membershipRule": "(user.country -eq \"United States\")",
"membershipType": "Dynamic",
"membershipRuleProcessingState": "On"
}The following example shows hot to create a new restricted management administrative unit. The isMemberManagementRestricted property is immutable and can't be changed later.
The following example shows a request.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/administrativeUnits
Content-type: application/json
{
"displayName": "Executive Division",
"description": "Executive division administration",
"isMemberManagementRestricted": true
}[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]
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.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#administrativeUnits/$entity",
"id": "2sd35b05-ae71-48ab-9e7d-4r41a28te37d",
"deletedDateTime": null,
"displayName": "Executive Division",
"description": "Executive division administration",
"isMemberManagementRestricted": true,
"visibility": null
}