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title Create administrativeUnit
description Create a new administrativeUnit.
author DougKirschner
ms.localizationpriority medium
ms.subservice entra-directory-management
doc_type apiPageType
ms.date 10/29/2024

Create administrativeUnit

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new administrativeUnit.

[!INCLUDE national-cloud-support]

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.

[!INCLUDE permissions-table]

[!INCLUDE rbac-admin-units-apis-write]

HTTP request

POST /directory/administrativeUnits

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of an administrativeUnit object.

You can specify the following properties when you create an administrativeUnit.

Property Type Description
description String Description for the administrative unit. Optional.
displayName String Display name for the administrative unit. Required.
isMemberManagementRestricted Boolean true if members of this administrative unit should be treated as sensitive, which requires specific permissions to manage. If not set, the default value is null and the default behavior is false. Use this property to define administrative units with roles that don't inherit from tenant-level administrators, and where the management of individual member objects is limited to administrators scoped to a restricted management administrative unit. This property is immutable and can't be changed later. Optional.
membershipRule String The dynamic membership rule for the administrative unit. For more information about the rules you can use for dynamic administrative units and dynamic groups, see Manage rules for dynamic membership groups in Microsoft Entra ID. Optional.
membershipRuleProcessingState String Controls whether the dynamic membership rule is actively processed. Set to On to activate the dynamic membership rule, or Paused to stop updating membership dynamically. Optional.
membershipType String Indicates the membership type for the administrative unit. The possible values are: dynamic, assigned. If not set, the default value is null and the default behavior is assigned. Optional.
visibility String The visibility of the administrative unit. If not set, the default value is null and the default behavior is public. It can be set to HiddenMembership to hide the membership from nonmembers. Optional.

The administrativeUnit resource supports extensions, which allows you to use the POST operation to add custom properties with your own data when you create the administrative unit.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and an administrativeUnit object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Create an administrative unit

The following example shows how to create an administrative unit.

Request

The following example shows a request that creates a new administrative unit with a dynamic membership rule to include all users whose country is the United States.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directory/administrativeUnits
Content-type: application/json

{
    "displayName": "Seattle District Technical Schools",
    "description": "Seattle district technical schools administration",
    "membershipType": "Dynamic",
    "membershipRule": "(user.country -eq \"United States\")",
    "membershipRuleProcessingState": "On",
    "visibility": "HiddenMembership"
}

C#

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Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#administrativeUnits/$entity",
    "id": "7a3dc8f3-b3a0-4164-9a99-ed36f3af039f",
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "displayName": "Seattle District Technical Schools",
    "description": "Seattle district technical schools administration",
    "membershipRule": "(user.country -eq \"United States\")",
    "membershipType": "Dynamic",
    "membershipRuleProcessingState": "On",
    "visibility": "HiddenMembership"
}

Example 2: Create a restricted management administrative unit

The following example shows how to create a new restricted management administrative unit. The isMemberManagementRestricted property is immutable and can't be changed later.

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directory/administrativeUnits
Content-type: application/json

{
    "displayName": "Executive Division",
    "description": "Executive division administration",
    "isMemberManagementRestricted": true
}

C#

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Go

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Java

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

JavaScript

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

PHP

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

PowerShell

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Python

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#administrativeUnits/$entity",
    "id": "2sd35b05-ae71-48ab-9e7d-4r41a28te37d",
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "displayName": "Executive Division",
    "description": "Executive division administration",
    "isMemberManagementRestricted": true,
    "visibility": null
}

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