Namespace: microsoft.graph
Important
APIs under the /beta
version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.
Get a list of a group's members. A group can have different object types as members. For more information about supported member types for different groups, see Group membership.
This operation is transitive and returns a flat list of all nested members. An attempt to filter by an OData cast that represents an unsupported member type returns a 400 Bad Request
error with the Request_UnsupportedQuery
code.
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, Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, GroupMember.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) |
Not supported. |
Not supported. |
Application |
GroupMember.Read.All |
Directory.Read.All, Group.Read.All, Group.ReadWrite.All, GroupMember.ReadWrite.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.
Note: To list the members of a hidden membership group, the Member.Read.Hidden permission is required.
HTTP request
GET /groups/{id}/transitiveMembers
Optional query parameters
This method supports the $count
, $filter
, $search
, $select
, and $top
OData query parameters to help customize the response.
- OData cast is enabled. For example,
/groups/{id}/transitiveMembers/microsoft.graph.user
retrieves only users that are members of a group.
$search
is supported on the displayName and description properties only.
- The default and maximum page size is 100 and 999 group objects respectively.
- The use of query parameters with this API, except for
$expand
, is supported only with advanced query parameters. $expand
isn't supported with advanced query parameters. For more information, see Advanced query capabilities on directory objects.
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.
An attempt to filter by an OData cast that represents an unsupported member type returns a 400 Bad Request
error with the Request_UnsupportedQuery
code. For example, /groups/{id}}/transitiveMembers/microsoft.graph.group
when the group is a Microsoft 365 group will return this error, because Microsoft 365 groups cannot have other groups as members.
Examples
Example 1: Get the transitive membership of a group
Request
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups/{id}/transitiveMembers
// 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}"].TransitiveMembers.GetAsync();
mgc-beta groups transitive-members list --group-id {group-id}
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
//other-imports
)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
transitiveMembers, err := graphClient.Groups().ByGroupId("group-id").TransitiveMembers().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}").transitiveMembers().get();
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
let transitiveMembers = await client.api('/groups/{id}/transitiveMembers')
.version('beta')
.get();
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->transitiveMembers()->get()->wait();
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Groups
Get-MgBetaGroupTransitiveMember -GroupId $groupId
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').transitive_members.get()
Response
The following example shows the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"value": [
{
"id": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555",
"mail": "[email protected]",
"mailEnabled": true,
"mailNickname": "Contoso1",
"securityEnabled": true
}
]
}
Example 2: Get only a count of transitive membership
Request
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups/{id}/transitiveMembers/$count
ConsistencyLevel: eventual
Response
The following example shows the response.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: text/plain
893
Example 3: Use the microsoft.graph.group OData cast to get only members that are groups
Request
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups/{id}/transitiveMembers/microsoft.graph.group?$count=true
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}"].TransitiveMembers.GraphGroup.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Count = true;
requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual");
});
mgc-beta groups transitive-members graph-group get --group-id {group-id} --count "true" --consistency-level "eventual"
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
graphgroups "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/groups"
//other-imports
)
headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual")
requestCount := true
requestParameters := &graphgroups.ItemTransitiveMembersGraph.groupRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
Count: &requestCount,
}
configuration := &graphgroups.ItemTransitiveMembersGraph.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").TransitiveMembers().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}").transitiveMembers().graphGroup().get(requestConfiguration -> {
requestConfiguration.queryParameters.count = true;
requestConfiguration.headers.add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual");
});
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
let group = await client.api('/groups/{id}/transitiveMembers/microsoft.graph.group')
.version('beta')
.header('ConsistencyLevel','eventual')
.get();
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Groups\Item\TransitiveMembers\Graph\Group\GroupRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestConfiguration = new GraphGroupRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
'ConsistencyLevel' => 'eventual',
];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;
$queryParameters = GraphGroupRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->count = true;
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;
$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->transitiveMembers()->graphGroup()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Groups
Get-MgBetaGroupTransitiveMemberAsGroup -GroupId $groupId -CountVariable CountVar -ConsistencyLevel eventual
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.groups.item.transitive_members.graph.group.group_request_builder import GroupRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = GroupRequestBuilder.GroupRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
count = True,
)
request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)
request_configuration.headers.add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual")
result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').transitive_members.graph_group.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)
Response
The following example shows the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#groups",
"@odata.count": 2,
"value": [
{
"@odata.id": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v2/927c6607-8060-4f4a-a5f8-34964ac78d70/directoryObjects/4d0ef681-e88f-42a3-a2db-e6bf1e249e10/Microsoft.DirectoryServices.Group",
"id": "4d0ef681-e88f-42a3-a2db-e6bf1e249e10",
"organizationId": "927c6607-8060-4f4a-a5f8-34964ac78d70",
"description": null,
"displayName": "Executives",
"groupTypes": [],
"mail": "[email protected]",
"mailEnabled": true,
"mailNickname": "Executives",
},
{
"@odata.id": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v2/927c6607-8060-4f4a-a5f8-34964ac78d70/directoryObjects/d9fb0c47-c783-40a1-bce1-53b52ada51fc/Microsoft.DirectoryServices.Group",
"id": "d9fb0c47-c783-40a1-bce1-53b52ada51fc",
"organizationId": "927c6607-8060-4f4a-a5f8-34964ac78d70",
"displayName": "Project Falcon",
"groupTypes": [],
"mail": "[email protected]",
"mailEnabled": true,
"mailNickname": "Falcon",
}
]
}
Example 4: Use OData cast and $search to get membership in groups with display names that contain the letters 'tier' including a count of returned objects
Request
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups/{id}/transitiveMembers/microsoft.graph.user?$count=true&$orderby=displayName&$search="displayName:tier"&$select=displayName,id
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}"].TransitiveMembers.GraphUser.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Count = true;
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Orderby = new string []{ "displayName" };
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Search = "\"displayName:tier\"";
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Select = new string []{ "displayName","id" };
requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual");
});
mgc-beta groups transitive-members graph-user get --group-id {group-id} --search ""displayName:tier"" --count "true" --orderby "displayName" --select "displayName,id" --consistency-level "eventual"
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
graphgroups "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/groups"
//other-imports
)
headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual")
requestCount := true
requestSearch := "\"displayName:tier\""
requestParameters := &graphgroups.ItemTransitiveMembersGraph.userRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
Count: &requestCount,
Orderby: [] string {"displayName"},
Search: &requestSearch,
Select: [] string {"displayName","id"},
}
configuration := &graphgroups.ItemTransitiveMembersGraph.userRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
Headers: headers,
QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphUser, err := graphClient.Groups().ByGroupId("group-id").TransitiveMembers().GraphUser().Get(context.Background(), configuration)
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
UserCollectionResponse result = graphClient.groups().byGroupId("{group-id}").transitiveMembers().graphUser().get(requestConfiguration -> {
requestConfiguration.queryParameters.count = true;
requestConfiguration.queryParameters.orderby = new String []{"displayName"};
requestConfiguration.queryParameters.search = "\"displayName:tier\"";
requestConfiguration.queryParameters.select = new String []{"displayName", "id"};
requestConfiguration.headers.add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual");
});
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
let user = await client.api('/groups/{id}/transitiveMembers/microsoft.graph.user')
.version('beta')
.header('ConsistencyLevel','eventual')
.search('displayName:tier')
.select('displayName,id')
.orderby('displayName')
.get();
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Groups\Item\TransitiveMembers\Graph\User\UserRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestConfiguration = new GraphUserRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
'ConsistencyLevel' => 'eventual',
];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;
$queryParameters = GraphUserRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->count = true;
$queryParameters->orderby = ["displayName"];
$queryParameters->search = "\"displayName:tier\"";
$queryParameters->select = ["displayName","id"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;
$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->transitiveMembers()->graphUser()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Groups
Get-MgBetaGroupTransitiveMemberAsUser -GroupId $groupId -CountVariable CountVar -Sort "displayName" -Search '"displayName:tier"' -Property "displayName,id" -ConsistencyLevel eventual
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.groups.item.transitive_members.graph.user.user_request_builder import UserRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = UserRequestBuilder.UserRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
count = True,
orderby = ["displayName"],
search = "\"displayName:tier\"",
select = ["displayName","id"],
)
request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)
request_configuration.headers.add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual")
result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').transitive_members.graph_user.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)
Response
The following example shows the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#groups(displayName,id)",
"@odata.count":7,
"value":[
{
"displayName":"Contoso-tier Query Notification",
"id":"11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
}
]
}
Example 5: Use OData cast and $filter to get user membership in groups with a display name that starts with 'A' including a count of returned objects
Request
The following example shows a request.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/groups/{id}/transitiveMembers/microsoft.graph.user?$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}"].TransitiveMembers.GraphUser.GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Count = true;
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Orderby = new string []{ "displayName" };
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Filter = "startswith(displayName, 'a')";
requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual");
});
mgc-beta groups transitive-members graph-user 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 $v0.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
graphgroups "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/groups"
//other-imports
)
headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual")
requestCount := true
requestFilter := "startswith(displayName, 'a')"
requestParameters := &graphgroups.ItemTransitiveMembersGraph.userRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
Count: &requestCount,
Orderby: [] string {"displayName"},
Filter: &requestFilter,
}
configuration := &graphgroups.ItemTransitiveMembersGraph.userRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
Headers: headers,
QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
graphUser, err := graphClient.Groups().ByGroupId("group-id").TransitiveMembers().GraphUser().Get(context.Background(), configuration)
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
UserCollectionResponse result = graphClient.groups().byGroupId("{group-id}").transitiveMembers().graphUser().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 user = await client.api('/groups/{id}/transitiveMembers/microsoft.graph.user')
.version('beta')
.header('ConsistencyLevel','eventual')
.filter('startswith(displayName, \'a\')')
.orderby('displayName')
.get();
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Groups\Item\TransitiveMembers\Graph\User\UserRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestConfiguration = new GraphUserRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
'ConsistencyLevel' => 'eventual',
];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;
$queryParameters = GraphUserRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->count = true;
$queryParameters->orderby = ["displayName"];
$queryParameters->filter = "startswith(displayName, 'a')";
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;
$result = $graphServiceClient->groups()->byGroupId('group-id')->transitiveMembers()->graphUser()->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Groups
Get-MgBetaGroupTransitiveMemberAsUser -GroupId $groupId -CountVariable CountVar -Sort "displayName" -Filter "startswith(displayName, 'a')" -ConsistencyLevel eventual
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.groups.item.transitive_members.graph.user.user_request_builder import UserRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = UserRequestBuilder.UserRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
count = True,
orderby = ["displayName"],
filter = "startswith(displayName, 'a')",
)
request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)
request_configuration.headers.add("ConsistencyLevel", "eventual")
result = await graph_client.groups.by_group_id('group-id').transitive_members.graph_user.get(request_configuration = request_configuration)
Response
The following example shows the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
{
"@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#groups",
"@odata.count":76,
"value":[
{
"displayName":"AAD Contoso Users",
"mail":"[email protected]",
"mailEnabled":true,
"mailNickname":"AADContoso_Users",
"securityEnabled":true
}
]
}