| title | emailAuthenticationMethod resource type |
|---|---|
| description | A representation of an email address registered to a user. Email is an authentication method available only to self-service password reset (SSPR) |
| author | tilarso |
| ms.reviewer | intelligentaccesspm |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| ms.subservice | entra-sign-in |
| doc_type | resourcePageType |
| toc.title | |
| ms.date | 07/24/2025 |
Namespace: microsoft.graph
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A representation of an email address registered to a user. Email is an authentication method available only to self-service password reset (SSPR). Users may only have one email authentication method.
This is a derived type that inherits from the authenticationMethod resource type.
| Method | Return type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| List | emailAuthenticationMethod collection | Retrieve a list of a user's emailAuthenticationMethods. Users may only have one email authentication method. |
| Add | emailAuthenticationMethod | Create a user's emailMethod object. |
| Get | emailAuthenticationMethod | Retrieve the properties of the user's emailAuthenticationMethod object. |
| Update | emailAuthenticationMethod | Update the properties of a user's emailMethods object. |
| Delete | None | Delete a user's emailAuthenticationMethod object. |
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | String | The identifier of the email address registered to this user. The ID is always 3ddfcfc8-9383-446f-83cc-3ab9be4be18f. |
| createdDateTime | DateTimeOffset | The date and time the authentication method was registered to the user. Read-only. Optional. 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. Inherited from authenticationMethod. |
| emailAddress | String | The email address registered to this user. |
None.
The following JSON representation shows the resource type.
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.emailAuthenticationMethod",
"createdDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
"lastUsedDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
"id": "String (identifier)",
"emailAddress": "String"
}