servicePrincipal resource type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Represents an instance of an application in a directory. Inherits from directoryObject.

This resource supports using delta query to track incremental additions, deletions, and updates, by providing a delta function. This resource is an open type that allows other properties to be passed in.

Methods

Method	Return Type	Description
List	servicePrincipal collection	Retrieve a list of servicePrincipal objects.
Create	servicePrincipal	Creates a new servicePrincipal object.
Get	servicePrincipal	Read properties and relationships of servicePrincipal object.
Update	servicePrincipal	Update servicePrincipal object.
Upsert	servicePrincipal	Create a new servicePrincipal if it doesn't exist, or update the properties of an existing servicePrincipal.
Delete	None	Delete servicePrincipal object.
Get delta	servicePrincipal collection	Get incremental changes for service principals.
List created objects	directoryObject collection	Get a createdObject object collection.
List owned objects	directoryObject collection	Get an ownedObject object collection.
Deleted items
List	directoryObject collection	Retrieve a list of recently deleted servicePrincipal objects.
Get	directoryObject	Retrieve the properties of a recently deleted servicePrincipal object.
Restore	directoryObject	Restore a recently deleted servicePrincipal object.
Permanently delete	None	Permanently delete a servicePrincipal object.
App role assignments
List appRoleAssignments	appRoleAssignment collection	Get the app roles that this service principal is assigned.
Add appRoleAssignment	appRoleAssignment	Assign an app role to this service principal.
Remove appRoleAssignment	None	Remove an app role assignment from this service principal.
List appRoleAssignedTo	appRoleAssignment collection	Get the users, groups, and service principals assigned app roles for this service principal.
Add appRoleAssignedTo	appRoleAssignment	Assign an app role for this service principal to a user, group, or service principal.
Remove appRoleAssignedTo	None	Remove an app role assignment for this service principal from a user, group, or service principal.
Certificates and secrets
Add password	passwordCredential	Add a strong password or secret to a servicePrincipal.
Remove password	passwordCredential	Remove a password or secret from a servicePrincipal.
Add key	keyCredential	Add a key credential to a servicePrincipal.
Remove key	None	Remove a key credential from a servicePrincipal.
Add token signing certificate	selfSignedCertificate	Add a self-signed certificate to the service principal. Mostly used to configure SAML-based SSO applications from the Microsoft Entra gallery.
Delegated permission classifications
List	delegatedPermissionClassification collection	Get the permission classifications for delegated permissions exposed by this service principal.
Add	delegatedPermissionClassification	Add a permission classification for a delegated permission exposed by this service principal.
Remove	None	Remove a permission classification for a delegated permission exposed by this service principal.
Delegated (OAuth2) permission grants
List	oAuth2PermissionGrant collection	Get the delegated permission grants authorizing this service principal to access an API on behalf of a signed-in user.
Membership
List memberOf	directoryObject collection	Get the groups that this service principal is a direct member of from the memberOf navigation property.
List transitive member of	directoryObject collection	List the groups that this service principal is a member of. This operation is transitive and includes the groups that this service principal is a nested member of.
Check member groups	String collection	Check for membership in a specified list of groups.
Check member objects	String collection	Check for membership in a specified list of group, directory role, or administrative unit objects.
Get member groups	String collection	Get the list of groups that this service principal is a member of.
Get member objects	String collection	Get the list of groups, administrative units, and directory roles that this service principal is a member of.
Owners
List	directoryObject collection	Get the owners of a service principal.
Add	directoryObject	Assign an owner to a service principal. Service principal owners can be users or other service principals.
Remove	None	Remove an owner from a service principal. As a recommended best practice, service principals should have at least two owners.

Properties

Important

Specific usage of $filter and the $search query parameter is supported only when you use the ConsistencyLevel header set to eventual and $count. For more information, see Advanced query capabilities on directory objects.

Property	Type	Description
accountEnabled	Boolean	true if the service principal account is enabled; otherwise, false. If set to false, then no users are able to sign in to this app, even if they're assigned to it. Supports $filter (eq, ne, not, in).
addIns	addIn collection	Defines custom behavior that a consuming service can use to call an app in specific contexts. For example, applications that can render file streams may set the addIns property for its "FileHandler" functionality. This lets services like Microsoft 365 call the application in the context of a document the user is working on.
alternativeNames	String collection	Used to retrieve service principals by subscription, identify resource group and full resource IDs for managed identities. Supports $filter (eq, not, ge, le, startsWith).
appDescription	String	The description exposed by the associated application.
appDisplayName	String	The display name exposed by the associated application. Maximum length is 256 characters.
appId	String	The unique identifier for the associated application (its appId property). Alternate key. Supports $filter (eq, ne, not, in, startsWith).
applicationTemplateId	String	Unique identifier of the applicationTemplate. Supports $filter (eq, not, ne). Read-only. null if the service principal wasn't created from an application template.
appOwnerOrganizationId	Guid	Contains the tenant ID where the application is registered. This is applicable only to service principals backed by applications. Supports $filter (eq, ne, NOT, ge, le).
appRoleAssignmentRequired	Boolean	Specifies whether users or other service principals need to be granted an app role assignment for this service principal before users can sign in or apps can get tokens. The default value is false. Not nullable. Supports $filter (eq, ne, NOT).
appRoles	appRole collection	The roles exposed by the application that's linked to this service principal. For more information, see the appRoles property definition on the application entity. Not nullable.
customSecurityAttributes	customSecurityAttributeValue	An open complex type that holds the value of a custom security attribute that is assigned to a directory object. Nullable. Returned only on $select. Supports $filter (eq, ne, not, startsWith). Filter value is case sensitive. To read this property, the calling app must be assigned the CustomSecAttributeAssignment.Read.All permission. To write this property, the calling app must be assigned the CustomSecAttributeAssignment.ReadWrite.All permissions. To read or write this property in delegated scenarios, the admin must be assigned the Attribute Assignment Administrator role.
deletedDateTime	DateTimeOffset	The date and time the service principal was deleted. Read-only.
description	String	Free text field to provide an internal end-user facing description of the service principal. End-user portals such MyApps displays the application description in this field. The maximum allowed size is 1,024 characters. Supports $filter (eq, ne, not, ge, le, startsWith) and $search.
disabledByMicrosoftStatus	String	Specifies whether Microsoft has disabled the registered application. Possible values are: null (default value), NotDisabled, and DisabledDueToViolationOfServicesAgreement (reasons include suspicious, abusive, or malicious activity, or a violation of the Microsoft Services Agreement). Supports $filter (eq, ne, not).
displayName	String	The display name for the service principal. Supports $filter (eq, ne, not, ge, le, in, startsWith, and eq on null values), $search, and $orderby.
homepage	String	Home page or landing page of the application.
id	String	The unique identifier for the service principal. Inherited from directoryObject. Key. Not nullable. Read-only. Supports $filter (eq, ne, not, in).
info	informationalUrl	Basic profile information of the acquired application such as app's marketing, support, terms of service and privacy statement URLs. The terms of service and privacy statement are surfaced to users through the user consent experience. For more info, see How to: Add Terms of service and privacy statement for registered Microsoft Entra apps. Supports $filter (eq, ne, not, ge, le, and eq on null values).
keyCredentials	keyCredential collection	The collection of key credentials associated with the service principal. Not nullable. Supports $filter (eq, not, ge, le).
loginUrl	String	Specifies the URL where the service provider redirects the user to Microsoft Entra ID to authenticate. Microsoft Entra ID uses the URL to launch the application from Microsoft 365 or the Microsoft Entra My Apps. When blank, Microsoft Entra ID performs IdP-initiated sign-on for applications configured with SAML-based single sign-on. The user launches the application from Microsoft 365, the Microsoft Entra My Apps, or the Microsoft Entra SSO URL.
logoutUrl	String	Specifies the URL that the Microsoft's authorization service uses to sign out a user using OpenID Connect front-channel, back-channel, or SAML sign out protocols.
notes	String	Free text field to capture information about the service principal, typically used for operational purposes. Maximum allowed size is 1,024 characters.
notificationEmailAddresses	String collection	Specifies the list of email addresses where Microsoft Entra ID sends a notification when the active certificate is near the expiration date. This is only for the certificates used to sign the SAML token issued for Microsoft Entra Gallery applications.
oauth2PermissionScopes	permissionScope collection	The delegated permissions exposed by the application. For more information, see the oauth2PermissionScopes property on the application entity's api property. Not nullable.
passwordCredentials	passwordCredential collection	The collection of password credentials associated with the application. Not nullable.
preferredSingleSignOnMode	string	Specifies the single sign-on mode configured for this application. Microsoft Entra ID uses the preferred single sign-on mode to launch the application from Microsoft 365 or the My Apps portal. The supported values are password, saml, notSupported, and oidc. Note: This field might be null for older SAML apps and for OIDC applications where it isn't set automatically.
preferredTokenSigningKeyThumbprint	String	This property can be used on SAML applications (apps that have preferredSingleSignOnMode set to saml) to control which certificate is used to sign the SAML responses. For applications that aren't SAML, don't write or otherwise rely on this property.
replyUrls	String collection	The URLs that user tokens are sent to for sign in with the associated application, or the redirect URIs that OAuth 2.0 authorization codes and access tokens are sent to for the associated application. Not nullable.
resourceSpecificApplicationPermissions	resourceSpecificPermission collection	The resource-specific application permissions exposed by this application. Currently, resource-specific permissions are only supported for Teams apps accessing to specific chats and teams using Microsoft Graph. Read-only.
samlSingleSignOnSettings	samlSingleSignOnSettings	The collection for settings related to saml single sign-on.
servicePrincipalNames	String collection	Contains the list of identifiersUris, copied over from the associated application. Additional values can be added to hybrid applications. These values can be used to identify the permissions exposed by this app within Microsoft Entra ID. For example, Client apps can specify a resource URI that is based on the values of this property to acquire an access token, which is the URI returned in the "aud" claim. The any operator is required for filter expressions on multi-valued properties. Not nullable. Supports $filter (eq, not, ge, le, startsWith).
servicePrincipalType	String	Identifies whether the service principal represents an application, a managed identity, or a legacy application. This is set by Microsoft Entra ID internally. The servicePrincipalType property can be set to three different values: Application - A service principal that represents an application or service. The appId property identifies the associated app registration, and matches the appId of an application, possibly from a different tenant. If the associated app registration is missing, tokens aren't issued for the service principal. ManagedIdentity - A service principal that represents a managed identity. Service principals representing managed identities can be granted access and permissions, but can't be updated or modified directly. Legacy - A service principal that represents an app created before app registrations, or through legacy experiences. A legacy service principal can have credentials, service principal names, reply URLs, and other properties that are editable by an authorized user, but doesn't have an associated app registration. The appId value doesn't associate the service principal with an app registration. The service principal can only be used in the tenant where it was created. SocialIdp - For internal use.
signInAudience	String	Specifies the Microsoft accounts that are supported for the current application. Read-only. Supported values are: AzureADMyOrg: Users with a Microsoft work or school account in my organization's Microsoft Entra tenant (single-tenant). AzureADMultipleOrgs: Users with a Microsoft work or school account in any organization's Microsoft Entra tenant (multitenant). AzureADandPersonalMicrosoftAccount: Users with a personal Microsoft account, or a work or school account in any organization's Microsoft Entra tenant. PersonalMicrosoftAccount: Users with a personal Microsoft account only.
tags	String collection	Custom strings that can be used to categorize and identify the service principal. Not nullable. The value is the union of strings set here and on the associated application entity's tags property. Supports $filter (eq, not, ge, le, startsWith).
tokenEncryptionKeyId	String	Specifies the keyId of a public key from the keyCredentials collection. When configured, Microsoft Entra ID issues tokens for this application encrypted using the key specified by this property. The application code that receives the encrypted token must use the matching private key to decrypt the token before it can be used for the signed-in user.
verifiedPublisher	verifiedPublisher	Specifies the verified publisher of the application that's linked to this service principal.

Relationships

Important

Specific usage of the $filter query parameter is supported only when you use the ConsistencyLevel header set to eventual and $count. For more information, see Advanced query capabilities on directory objects.

Relationship	Type	Description
appManagementPolicies	appManagementPolicy collection	The appManagementPolicy applied to this application.
appRoleAssignedTo	appRoleAssignment	App role assignments for this app or service, granted to users, groups, and other service principals. Supports $expand.
appRoleAssignments	appRoleAssignment collection	App role assignment for another app or service, granted to this service principal. Supports $expand.
claimsMappingPolicies	claimsMappingPolicy collection	The claimsMappingPolicies assigned to this service principal. Supports $expand.
createdObjects	directoryObject collection	Directory objects created by this service principal. Read-only. Nullable.
federatedIdentityCredentials	federatedIdentityCredential collection	Federated identities for a specific type of service principal - managed identity. Supports $expand and $filter (/$count eq 0, /$count ne 0).
homeRealmDiscoveryPolicies	homeRealmDiscoveryPolicy collection	The homeRealmDiscoveryPolicies assigned to this service principal. Supports $expand.
memberOf	directoryObject collection	Roles that this service principal is a member of. HTTP Methods: GET Read-only. Nullable. Supports $expand.
oauth2PermissionGrants	oAuth2PermissionGrant collection	Delegated permission grants authorizing this service principal to access an API on behalf of a signed-in user. Read-only. Nullable.
ownedObjects	directoryObject collection	Directory objects that this service principal owns. Read-only. Nullable. Supports $expand, $select nested in $expand, and $filter (/$count eq 0, /$count ne 0, /$count eq 1, /$count ne 1).
owners	directoryObject collection	Directory objects that are owners of this servicePrincipal. The owners are a set of nonadmin users or servicePrincipals who are allowed to modify this object. Read-only. Nullable. Supports $expand, $filter (/$count eq 0, /$count ne 0, /$count eq 1, /$count ne 1), and $select nested in $expand.
remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration	remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration	The remoteDesktopSecurityConfiguration object applied to this service principal. Supports $filter (eq) for isRemoteDesktopProtocolEnabled property.
synchronization	synchronization	Represents the capability for Microsoft Entra identity synchronization through the Microsoft Graph API.
tokenIssuancePolicies	tokenIssuancePolicy collection	The tokenIssuancePolicies assigned to this service principal.
tokenLifetimePolicies	tokenLifetimePolicy collection	The tokenLifetimePolicies assigned to this service principal.

JSON representation

The following JSON representation shows the resource type.

{
  "accountEnabled": true,
  "addIns": [{"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.addIn"}],
  "alternativeNames": ["String"] ,
  "appDisplayName": "String",
  "appId": "String",
  "appOwnerOrganizationId": "Guid",
  "appRoleAssignmentRequired": true,
  "appRoles": [{"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.appRole"}],
  "customSecurityAttributes": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.customSecurityAttributeValue"
  },
  "disabledByMicrosoftStatus": "String",
  "displayName": "String",
  "homepage": "String",
  "id": "String (identifier)",
  "info": {"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.informationalUrl"},
  "keyCredentials": [{"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.keyCredential"}],
  "logoutUrl": "String",
  "notes": "String",
  "oauth2PermissionScopes": [{"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.permissionScope"}],
  "passwordCredentials": [{"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.passwordCredential"}],
  "preferredTokenSigningKeyThumbprint": "String",
  "replyUrls": ["String"],
  "resourceSpecificApplicationPermissions": [{"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.resourceSpecificPermission"}],
  "servicePrincipalNames": ["String"],
  "servicePrincipalType": "String",
  "tags": ["String"],
  "tokenEncryptionKeyId": "String",
  "verifiedPublisher": {"@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.verifiedPublisher"}
}