| title | Get passwordAuthenticationMethod |
|---|---|
| description | Retrieve a user's passwordAuthenticationMethod object. |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| author | zhvolosh |
| ms.reviewer | intelligentaccesspm |
| ms.subservice | entra-sign-in |
| doc_type | apiPageType |
| ms.date | 06/07/2024 |
Namespace: microsoft.graph
Retrieve a password that's registered to a user, represented by a passwordAuthenticationMethod object. For security, the password itself will never be returned in the object and the password property is always null.
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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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Admins with User Administrator, Helpdesk Administrator, or Password Administrator roles can also retrieve password authentication methods for non-admin users and a limited set of admin roles as defined in Who can reset passwords.
The ID of the password authentication method, referenced by {passwordMethods-id}, is always 28c10230-6103-485e-b985-444c60001490.
Get details of your own password authentication method.
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GET /me/authentication/passwordMethods/{passwordMethods-id}Get details of your own or another user's password authentication method.
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GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/authentication/passwordMethods/{passwordMethods-id}Not supported.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Don't supply a request body for this method.
If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and the requested passwordAuthenticationMethod object in the response body.
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/authentication/passwordMethods/28c10230-6103-485e-b985-444c60001490
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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
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{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('67273bfa-5cd8-477a-acf7-e13ff81ebf70')/authentication/passwordMethods/$entity",
"id": "28c10230-6103-485e-b985-444c60001490",
"password": null,
"creationDateTime": null
}