| title | authenticationMethod resource type |
|---|---|
| description | An abstract type that represents an authentication method registered to a user. |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| author | jpettere |
| ms.reviewer | intelligentaccesspm |
| ms.subservice | entra-sign-in |
| doc_type | resourcePageType |
| ms.date | 12/27/2024 |
Namespace: microsoft.graph
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An abstract type that represents an authentication method registered to a user. An authentication method is something used by a user to authenticate or otherwise prove their identity to the system. Some examples include password, phone (usable via SMS or voice call), FIDO2 security keys, and more.
Inherits from entity.
This resource type is an abstract type that's inherited by the following derived types:
- emailAuthenticationMethod
- externalAuthenticationMethod
- fido2AuthenticationMethod
- hardwareOathAuthenticationMethod
- microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod
- passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod (deprecated)
- passwordAuthenticationMethod
- phoneAuthenticationMethod
- platformCredentialAuthenticationMethod
- softwareOathAuthenticationMethod
- temporaryAccessPassAuthenticationMethod
- windowsHelloForBusinessAuthenticationMethod
- platformCredentialAuthenticationMethod
- qrCodePinAuthenticationmethod
Important
Listing users' authentication methods only returns methods supported on this API version and registered to the user. See Microsoft Entra authentication methods API overview for a list of currently supported methods.
| Method | Return type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| List | authenticationMethod collection | Read the properties and relationships of all of a user's authenticationMethod objects. |
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | String | The identifier of this instance of an authentication method registered to this user. Read-only. Inherited from entity. |
| createdDateTime | DateTimeOffset | The date and time the authentication method was registered to the user. Read-only. Optional. This optional value is null if the authentication method doesn't populate it. The timestamp type represents date and time information using ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2014 is 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z. |
| lastUsedDateTime | DateTimeOffset | The date and time the authentication method was last used by the user. Read-only. Optional. This optional value is null if the authentication method doesn't populate it. The timestamp type represents date and time information using ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2014 is 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z. |
None.
The following JSON representation shows the resource type.
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.authenticationMethod",
"id": "String (identifier)",
"createdDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
"lastUsedDateTime": "String (timestamp)"
}