| title | List device transitive memberships |
|---|---|
| description | Get groups and administrative units that the device is a member of. |
| author | myra-ramdenbourg |
| ms.subservice | entra-directory-management |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| doc_type | apiPageType |
| ms.date | 10/25/2024 |
Namespace: microsoft.graph
Get the groups and administrative units that the device is a member of. This API request is transitive, and will also return all groups and administrative units the device is a nested member of.
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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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Important
In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation.
- Directory Readers
- Global Reader
- Intune Administrator
- Windows 365 Administrator
You can address the device using either its id or deviceId.
GET /devices/{id | userPrincipalName}/transitiveMemberOf
GET /devices(deviceId='{deviceId}')/transitiveMemberOfThis method supports the $select, $search, $count, and $filter OData query parameters to help customize the response.
- OData cast is also enabled, for example, you can cast to get only the directoryRoles the device is assigned to.
$searchis supported on the displayName and description properties only.- The default and maximum page size is 100 and 999 objects respectively.
- The use of query parameters with this API is supported only with advanced query parameters. For more information, see Advanced query capabilities on directory objects.
| Header | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
| ConsistencyLevel | eventual. This header and $count are required when using the $search, $filter, $orderby, or OData cast query parameters. It uses an index that might not be up-to-date with recent changes to the object. |
Don't supply a request body for this method.
If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and collection of directoryObject objects in the response body.
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/devices/{id}/transitiveMemberOf
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The following example shows the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"value": [
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.group",
"id": "id-value",
"createdDateTime": null,
"description": "All users at the company",
"displayName": "All Users",
"groupTypes": [],
"mailEnabled": false,
"securityEnabled": true,
}
]
}The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/devices/{id}/transitiveMemberOf/$count
ConsistencyLevel: eventualThe following example shows the response.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: text/plain
294Example 3: Use OData cast and $search to get group membership with display names that contain the letters 'Video' including a count of returned objects
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/devices/{id}/transitiveMemberOf/microsoft.graph.group?$count=true&$orderby=displayName&$search="displayName:Video"&$select=displayName,id
ConsistencyLevel: eventualThe following example shows the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#groups(displayName,id)",
"@odata.count":7,
"value":[
{
"displayName":"Contoso Videos",
"id":"11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
}
]
}Example 4: Use OData cast and $filter to get membership with a display name that starts with 'A' including a count of returned objects
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/devices/{id}/transitiveMemberOf/microsoft.graph.group?$count=true&$orderby=displayName&$filter=startswith(displayName, 'a')
ConsistencyLevel: eventual
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The following example shows the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#groups",
"@odata.count":76,
"value":[
{
"displayName":"AAD Contoso Users",
"mail":"AADContoso_Users@contoso.com",
"mailEnabled":true,
"mailNickname":"AADContoso_Users",
"securityEnabled":true
}
]
}