Namespace: microsoft.graph
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Update the properties of a deviceCategory object.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
Global service |
US Government L4 |
US Government L5 (DOD) |
China operated by 21Vianet |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
Permissions
One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.
Permission type |
Permissions (from least to most privileged) |
Delegated (work or school account) |
DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All, DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) |
Not supported. |
Application |
DeviceManagementConfiguration.ReadWrite.All, DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All |
HTTP Request
PATCH /deviceManagement/deviceCategories/{deviceCategoryId}
Request body
In the request body, supply a JSON representation for the deviceCategory object.
The following table shows the properties that are required when you create the deviceCategory.
Property |
Type |
Description |
id |
String |
Unique identifier for the device category. Read-only. |
displayName |
String |
Display name for the device category. |
description |
String |
Optional description for the device category. |
Response
If successful, this method returns a 200 OK
response code and an updated deviceCategory object in the response body.
Example
Request
Here is an example of the request.
PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/deviceManagement/deviceCategories/{deviceCategoryId}
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 135
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.deviceCategory",
"displayName": "Display Name value",
"description": "Description value"
}
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;
var requestBody = new DeviceCategory
{
OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.deviceCategory",
DisplayName = "Display Name value",
Description = "Description value",
};
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.DeviceManagement.DeviceCategories["{deviceCategory-id}"].PatchAsync(requestBody);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
mgc device-management device-categories patch --device-category-id {deviceCategory-id} --body '{\
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.deviceCategory",\
"displayName": "Display Name value",\
"description": "Description value"\
}\
'
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// 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"
graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
//other-imports
)
requestBody := graphmodels.NewDeviceCategory()
displayName := "Display Name value"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName)
description := "Description value"
requestBody.SetDescription(&description)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
deviceCategories, err := graphClient.DeviceManagement().DeviceCategories().ByDeviceCategoryId("deviceCategory-id").Patch(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
DeviceCategory deviceCategory = new DeviceCategory();
deviceCategory.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.deviceCategory");
deviceCategory.setDisplayName("Display Name value");
deviceCategory.setDescription("Description value");
DeviceCategory result = graphClient.deviceManagement().deviceCategories().byDeviceCategoryId("{deviceCategory-id}").patch(deviceCategory);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
const deviceCategory = {
'@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.deviceCategory',
displayName: 'Display Name value',
description: 'Description value'
};
await client.api('/deviceManagement/deviceCategories/{deviceCategoryId}')
.update(deviceCategory);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\DeviceCategory;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestBody = new DeviceCategory();
$requestBody->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.deviceCategory');
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Display Name value');
$requestBody->setDescription('Description value');
$result = $graphServiceClient->deviceManagement()->deviceCategories()->byDeviceCategoryId('deviceCategory-id')->patch($requestBody)->wait();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.DeviceManagement
$params = @{
"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.deviceCategory"
displayName = "Display Name value"
description = "Description value"
}
Update-MgDeviceManagementDeviceCategory -DeviceCategoryId $deviceCategoryId -BodyParameter $params
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.device_category import DeviceCategory
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = DeviceCategory(
odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.deviceCategory",
display_name = "Display Name value",
description = "Description value",
)
result = await graph_client.device_management.device_categories.by_device_category_id('deviceCategory-id').patch(request_body)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
Response
Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 184
{
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.deviceCategory",
"id": "f881b841-b841-f881-41b8-81f841b881f8",
"displayName": "Display Name value",
"description": "Description value"
}