| title | microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod resource type |
|---|---|
| description | A representation of the Microsoft Authenticator app registered to a user. Microsoft Authenticator is an authentication method. |
| author | mjsantani |
| ms.reviewer | intelligentaccesspm |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| ms.subservice | entra-sign-in |
| doc_type | resourcePageType |
| toc.title | Microsoft Authenticator |
| ms.date | 07/28/2025 |
Namespace: microsoft.graph
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A representation of the Microsoft Authenticator app registered to a user. Microsoft Authenticator is an authentication method.
This type inherits from the authenticationMethod resource type.
| Method | Return type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| List | microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod collection | Get a list of the microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod objects and their properties. |
| Get | microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod | Read the properties and relationships of a microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod object. |
| Delete | None | Deletes a microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod object. |
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| createdDateTime | DateTimeOffset | The date and time that this app was registered. This property is null if the device isn't registered for passwordless Phone Sign-In. |
| 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. |
| displayName | String | The name of the device on which this app is registered. |
| id | String | A unique identifier for this authentication method. Inherited from authenticationMethod |
| deviceTag | String | Tags containing app metadata. |
| phoneAppVersion | String | Numerical version of this instance of the Authenticator app. |
| clientAppName | microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethodClientAppName | The app that the user has registered to use to approve push notifications. The possible values are: microsoftAuthenticator, outlookMobile, unknownFutureValue. |
| Relationship | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| device | device | The registered device on which Microsoft Authenticator resides. This property is null if the device isn't registered for passwordless Phone Sign-In. |
The following JSON representation shows the resource type.
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod",
"id": "String (Identifier)",
"displayName": "String",
"deviceTag": "String",
"phoneAppVersion": "String",
"createdDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
"lastUsedDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
"clientAppName": "microsoftAuthenticator"
}