authenticationmethodconfiguration.md

title	authenticationMethodConfigurations
description	authenticationMethodConfigurations object.
author	jpettere
ms.reviewer	intelligentaccesspm
ms.localizationpriority	medium
ms.subservice	entra-sign-in
doc_type	resourcePageType
ms.date	05/01/2024

authenticationMethodConfiguration resource type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

This is an abstract type that represents the settings for each authentication method. It has the configuration of whether a specific authentication method is enabled or disabled for the tenant and which users and groups can register and use that method.

The following authentication methods are derived from the authenticationMethodConfiguration resource type:

• emailAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
• fido2AuthenticationMethodConfiguration
• microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
• voiceAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
• smsAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
• softwareOathAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
• temporaryAccessPassAuthenticationMethodConfiguration
• x509CertificateAuthenticationMethodConfiguration

Properties

Property	Type	Description
excludeTargets	excludeTarget collection	Groups of users that are excluded from a policy.
id	String	The policy name.
state	authenticationMethodState	The state of the policy. The possible values are: enabled, disabled.

Relationships

None.

JSON representation

The following JSON representation shows the resource type.

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.authenticationMethodConfiguration",
  "id": "String (identifier)",
  "state": "String",
  "excludeTargets": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.excludeTarget"
    }
  ]
}