| title | Get phoneAuthenticationMethod |
|---|---|
| description | Retrieve a single phoneAuthenticationMethod object for a user. |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
| author | luc-msft |
| ms.reviewer | intelligentaccesspm |
| ms.subservice | entra-sign-in |
| doc_type | apiPageType |
| ms.date | 07/31/2025 |
Namespace: microsoft.graph
Retrieve a single phoneAuthenticationMethod object for a user. This method is available only for standard Microsoft Entra ID and B2B users, but not B2C users.
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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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Note
The authentication administrator only sees masked phone numbers.
Retrieve details of your own phone authentication method.
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GET /me/authentication/phoneMethods/{phoneMethodId}Retrieve details of your own or another user's phone authentication method.
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GET /users/{userId | userPrincipalName}/authentication/phoneMethods/{phoneMethodId}The value of phoneMethodId corresponding to the phoneType is one of the following:
b6332ec1-7057-4abe-9331-3d72feddfe41to retrieve thealternateMobilephoneType.e37fc753-ff3b-4958-9484-eaa9425c82bcto retrieve theofficephoneType.3179e48a-750b-4051-897c-87b9720928f7to retrieve themobilephoneType.
Not supported.
| Name | Description |
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| 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 phoneAuthenticationMethod object in the response body.
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/authentication/phoneMethods/3179e48a-750b-4051-897c-87b9720928f7
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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
{
"phoneNumber": "+1 2065555555",
"phoneType": "mobile",
"smsSignInState": "ready",
"id": "3179e48a-750b-4051-897c-87b9720928f7"
}