List memberOf

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04/04/2024

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Get groups that the group is a direct member of.

This operation is not transitive. Unlike getting a user's Microsoft 365 groups, this returns all types of groups, not just Microsoft 365 groups.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

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.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	GroupMember.Read.All	Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	GroupMember.Read.All	Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All, Group.Read.All

Important

When an application queries a relationship that returns a directoryObject type collection, if it doesn't have permission to read a certain resource type, members of that type are returned but with limited information. For example, only the @odata.type property for the object type and the id is returned, while other properties are indicated as null. With this behavior, applications can request the least privileged permissions they need, rather than rely on the set of Directory.* permissions. For details, see Limited information returned for inaccessible member objects.

HTTP request

GET /groups/{id}/memberOf

Optional query parameters

This method supports the OData query parameters to help customize the response, including $select, $search, $count, and $filter. OData cast is also enabled, for example, you can cast to get just the groups the group is a member of. You can use $search on the displayName and description properties. The default and maximum page sizes are 100 and 999 objects respectively.

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
ConsistencyLevel	eventual. This header and `$count` are required when using the `$search`, `$filter`, `$orderby`, or OData cast query parameters. It uses an index that might not be up-to-date with recent changes to the object.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and collection of directoryObject objects in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Get groups and administrative units that the group is a direct member of

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/02bd9fd6-8f93-4758-87c3-1fb73740a315/memberOf


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Groups["{group-id}"].MemberOf.GetAsync();



mgc groups member-of list --group-id {group-id}



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)


// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
memberOf, err := graphClient.Groups().ByGroupId("group-id").MemberOf().Get(context.Background(), nil)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

DirectoryObjectCollectionResponse result = graphClient.groups().byGroupId("{group-id}").memberOf().get();


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let memberOf = await client.api('/groups/02bd9fd6-8f93-4758-87c3-1fb73740a315/memberOf')
	.get();


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->memberOf()->get()->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Groups

Get-MgGroupMemberOf -GroupId $groupId


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').member_of.get()

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "value": [
    {
      "id": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
      "mail": "[email protected]",
      "mailEnabled": true,
      "mailNickname": "Contoso1",
      "securityEnabled": true
    }
  ]
}

Example 2: Get only a count of all memberships

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}/memberOf/$count
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: text/plain

394

Example 3: Use OData cast to get only a count of group membership

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/devices/{id}/memberOf/microsoft.graph.group/$count
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: text/plain

394

Example 4: Use OData cast and $search to get membership with display names that contain the letters 'Video' including a count of returned objects

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}/memberOf/microsoft.graph.group?$count=true&$orderby=displayName&$search="displayName:Video"
ConsistencyLevel: eventual

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#groups",
  "@odata.count":1396,
  "value":[
    {
      "displayName":"SFA Videos",
      "mail":"[email protected]",
      "mailNickname":"SFAVideos"
    }
  ]
}

Example 5: Use OData cast and $filter to get membership with a display name that starts with the letter 'A' including a count of returned objects

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/{id}/memberOf/microsoft.graph.group?$count=true&$orderby=displayName&$filter=startswith(displayName, 'A')
ConsistencyLevel: eventual


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Groups["{group-id}"].MemberOf.GraphGroup.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Count = true;
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Orderby = new string []{ "displayName" };
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Filter = "startswith(displayName, 'A')";
	requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual");
});



mgc groups member-of graph-group get --group-id {group-id} --filter "startswith(displayName, 'A')" --count "true" --orderby "displayName" --consistency-level "eventual"



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphgroups "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/groups"
	  //other-imports
)

headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual")


requestCount := true
requestFilter := "startswith(displayName, 'A')"

requestParameters := &graphgroups.GroupItemMemberOfGraph.groupRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Count: &requestCount,
	Orderby: [] string {"displayName"},
	Filter: &requestFilter,
}
configuration := &graphgroups.GroupItemMemberOfGraph.groupRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	Headers: headers,
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphGroup, err := graphClient.Groups().ByGroupId("group-id").MemberOf().GraphGroup().Get(context.Background(), configuration)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

GroupCollectionResponse result = graphClient.groups().byGroupId("{group-id}").memberOf().graphGroup().get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.count = true;
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.orderby = new String []{"displayName"};
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.filter = "startswith(displayName, 'A')";
	requestConfiguration.headers.add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual");
});


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let group = await client.api('/groups/{id}/memberOf/microsoft.graph.group')
	.header('ConsistencyLevel','eventual')
	.filter('startswith(displayName, \'A\')')
	.orderby('displayName')
	.get();


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Groups\Item\MemberOf\Graph\Group\GroupRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new GraphGroupRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
		'ConsistencyLevel' => 'eventual',
	];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;

$queryParameters = GraphGroupRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->count = true;
$queryParameters->orderby = ["displayName"];
$queryParameters->filter = "startswith(displayName, 'A')";
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->memberOf()->graphGroup()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Groups

Get-MgGroupMemberOfAsGroup -GroupId $groupId -CountVariable CountVar -Sort "displayName" -Filter "startswith(displayName, 'A')"  -ConsistencyLevel eventual


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.groups.item.member_of.graph.group.group_request_builder import GroupRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = GroupRequestBuilder.GroupRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		count = True,
		orderby = ["displayName"],
		filter = "startswith(displayName, 'A')",
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)
request_configuration.headers.add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual")


result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').member_of.graph_group.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#groups",
  "@odata.count":76,
  "value":[
    {
      "displayName":"AAD Contoso Users",
      "mail":"[email protected]",
      "mailEnabled":true,
      "mailNickname":"AADContoso_Users",
      "securityEnabled":true
    }
  ]
}

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List memberOf

Permissions

HTTP request

Optional query parameters

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: Get groups and administrative units that the group is a direct member of

Request

Response

Example 2: Get only a count of all memberships

Request

Response

Example 3: Use OData cast to get only a count of group membership

Request

Response

Example 4: Use OData cast and $search to get membership with display names that contain the letters 'Video' including a count of returned objects

Request

Response

Example 5: Use OData cast and $filter to get membership with a display name that starts with the letter 'A' including a count of returned objects

Request

Response

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