title	Assign a manager
description	Assign a user's manager.
ms.localizationpriority	medium
author	yyuank
ms.reviewer	iamut
ms.subservice	entra-users
doc_type	apiPageType
ms.date	04/18/2024

Assign a manager

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Assign a user's manager.

Note: You cannot assign direct reports; instead, use this API.

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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

PUT /users/{id}/manager/$ref

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON object and pass an @odata.id parameter with the read URL of the directoryObject or user object to be added.

Response

If successful, this method returns 204 No Content response code. It doesn't return anything in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example shows a request. The request body is a JSON object with an @odata.id parameter and the read URL for the user object to be assigned as a manager.

HTTP

PUT https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/10f17b99-784c-4526-8747-aec8a3159d6a/manager/$ref
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.id": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/6ea91a8d-e32e-41a1-b7bd-d2d185eed0e0"
}