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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.

Note: The Microsoft Graph API for Intune requires an active Intune license for the tenant.

Create a new deviceCategory object.

    ## 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 most to least privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)
    Onboarding DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported.
Application
    Onboarding DeviceManagementManagedDevices.ReadWrite.All

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service US Government L4 US Government L5 (DOD) China operated by 21Vianet
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HTTP Request

POST /deviceManagement/deviceCategories

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Accept application/json

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.
Obboarding
description String Optional description for the device category.
displayName String Display name for the device category.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a deviceCategory object in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/deviceManagement/deviceCategories
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 135

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.deviceCategory",
  "displayName": "Display Name value",
  "description": "Description value"
}

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/1.1 201 Created
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"
}