hardwareOathAuthenticationMethod: activate

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.

Activate a hardware OATH token that is already assigned to a user. A user can self-activate their token or an admin can activate for a user.

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.

Permissions acting on self

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All Not available.

Permissions acting on other users

Permission type Least privileged permission Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) Not supported. Not supported.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application Not supported. Not supported.

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

Activate a hardware OATH authentication method assigned to you.

POST /me/authentication/hardwareOathMethods/{hardwareOathAuthenticationMethodId}/activate

Activate a hardware OATH authentication method assigned to another user.

POST /users/{usersId}/authentication/hardwareOathMethods/{hardwareOathAuthenticationMethodId}/activate

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the parameters.

The following table lists the parameters that are required when you call this action.

Parameter Type Description
verificationCode String The 6-digit TOTP code that refreshes every 30 or 60 seconds on the Hardware OATH token.
displayName String An optional name that can be provided to the Hardware OATH token.

Response

If successful, this action returns a 204 No Content response code.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/authentication/hardwareOathMethods/{hardwareOathAuthenticationMethodId}/activate
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "verificationCode": "588651",
  "displayName": "Amy Masters Token"
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content