Namespace: microsoft.graph
Update a user's phone number associated with a phone authentication method object.
You can't change a phone's type. To change a phone's type, add a new number of the desired type and then delete the object with the original type.
If a user is enabled by policy to use SMS to sign in and the mobile number is changed, the system will attempt to register the number for use in that system.
Self-service operations aren't supported.
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) |
UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All |
Not available. |
| Delegated (personal Microsoft account) |
Not supported. |
Not supported. |
| Application |
UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All |
Not available. |
Important
In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts where the signed-in user is acting on another user, they must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation.
- Authentication Administrator
- Privileged Authentication Administrator
HTTP request
Update another user's phone authentication method.
PATCH /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/authentication/phoneMethods/{phoneMethodId}
The value of phoneMethodId corresponding to the phoneType to update is one of the following:
b6332ec1-7057-4abe-9331-3d72feddfe41 to update the alternateMobile phoneType.e37fc753-ff3b-4958-9484-eaa9425c82bc to update the office phoneType.3179e48a-750b-4051-897c-87b9720928f7 to update the mobile phoneType.
Request body
In the request body, supply the values for relevant fields that should be updated. Existing properties that are not included in the request body will be recalculated based on changes to other property values.
| Property |
Type |
Description |
| phoneNumber |
String |
The phone number to text or call for authentication. Phone numbers use the format +{country code} {number}x{extension}, with extension optional. For example, +1 5555551234 or +1 5555551234x123 are valid. Numbers are rejected when creating or updating if they do not match the required format. |
| phoneType |
string |
Possible values are: mobile, alternateMobile, or office. |
Response
If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code and an updated phoneAuthenticationMethod object in the response body.
Examples
Request
The following example shows a request.
PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users/[email protected]/authentication/phoneMethods/3179e48a-750b-4051-897c-87b9720928f7
Content-type: application/json
{
"phoneNumber": "+1 2065555554",
"phoneType": "mobile",
}
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;
var requestBody = new PhoneAuthenticationMethod
{
PhoneNumber = "+1 2065555554",
PhoneType = AuthenticationPhoneType.Mobile,
};
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Users["{user-id}"].Authentication.PhoneMethods["{phoneAuthenticationMethod-id}"].PatchAsync(requestBody);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
mgc users authentication phone-methods patch --user-id {user-id} --phone-authentication-method-id {phoneAuthenticationMethod-id} --body '{\
"phoneNumber": "+1 2065555554",\
"phoneType": "mobile",\
}\
'
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.NewPhoneAuthenticationMethod()
phoneNumber := "+1 2065555554"
requestBody.SetPhoneNumber(&phoneNumber)
phoneType := graphmodels.MOBILE_AUTHENTICATIONPHONETYPE
requestBody.SetPhoneType(&phoneType)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
phoneMethods, err := graphClient.Users().ByUserId("user-id").Authentication().PhoneMethods().ByPhoneAuthenticationMethodId("phoneAuthenticationMethod-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);
PhoneAuthenticationMethod phoneAuthenticationMethod = new PhoneAuthenticationMethod();
phoneAuthenticationMethod.setPhoneNumber("+1 2065555554");
phoneAuthenticationMethod.setPhoneType(AuthenticationPhoneType.Mobile);
PhoneAuthenticationMethod result = graphClient.users().byUserId("{user-id}").authentication().phoneMethods().byPhoneAuthenticationMethodId("{phoneAuthenticationMethod-id}").patch(phoneAuthenticationMethod);
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 phoneAuthenticationMethod = {
phoneNumber: '+1 2065555554',
phoneType: 'mobile',
};
await client.api('/users/[email protected]/authentication/phoneMethods/3179e48a-750b-4051-897c-87b9720928f7')
.update(phoneAuthenticationMethod);
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\PhoneAuthenticationMethod;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\AuthenticationPhoneType;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestBody = new PhoneAuthenticationMethod();
$requestBody->setPhoneNumber('+1 2065555554');
$requestBody->setPhoneType(new AuthenticationPhoneType('mobile'));
$result = $graphServiceClient->users()->byUserId('user-id')->authentication()->phoneMethods()->byPhoneAuthenticationMethodId('phoneAuthenticationMethod-id')->patch($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.Identity.SignIns
$params = @{
phoneNumber = "+1 2065555554"
phoneType = "mobile"
}
Update-MgUserAuthenticationPhoneMethod -UserId $userId -PhoneAuthenticationMethodId $phoneAuthenticationMethodId -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.phone_authentication_method import PhoneAuthenticationMethod
from msgraph.generated.models.authentication_phone_type import AuthenticationPhoneType
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = PhoneAuthenticationMethod(
phone_number = "+1 2065555554",
phone_type = AuthenticationPhoneType.Mobile,
)
result = await graph_client.users.by_user_id('user-id').authentication.phone_methods.by_phone_authentication_method_id('phoneAuthenticationMethod-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
The following example shows the response.
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content