| title | Create engagementRoleMember |
|---|---|
| description | Create a new engagementRoleMember object that assigns a Viva Engage role to a user. |
| author | richafnu |
| ms.date | 09/22/2025 |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| ms.subservice | viva-engage |
| doc_type | apiPageType |
Namespace: microsoft.graph
Create a new engagementRoleMember object that assigns a Viva Engage role to a user.
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POST /employeeExperience/roles/{engagementRoleId}/members| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
| Content-Type | application/json. Required. |
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the engagementRoleMember object.
You can specify the following properties when you create an engagementRoleMember.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| createdDateTime | DateTimeOffset | The date and time when the role was assigned to the user. 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. |
| userId | String | The Microsoft Entra ID of the user who has the role assigned. |
If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and an engagementRoleMember object in the response body.
The following example shows a request.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/employeeExperience/roles/a40473a5-0fb4-a250-e029-f6fe33d07733/members
Content-Type: application/json
{
"user@odata.bind": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users('e8d9f6a2-1c34-4b7a-9f11-2a4d8b7c9e01')"
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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.type": "#microsoft.graph.engagementRoleMember",
"id": "a40473a5-0fb4-a250-e029-f6fe33d07733",
"userId": "e8d9f6a2-1c34-4b7a-9f11-2a4d8b7c9e01",
"createdDateTime": "2025-09-22T14:03:00Z"
}