Update phoneAuthenticationMethod

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Update the phone number associated with a phone authentication method.

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 attempts to register the number for use in that system.

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 UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All Not available.

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

Users can't update their own phone authentication method.

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 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 the values for relevant fields that should be updated. Existing properties that aren't 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/updating if they don't match the required format.
phoneType string Possible values are: mobile, alternateMobile, or office.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and an updated phoneAuthenticationMethod object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/kim@contoso.com/authentication/phoneMethods/3179e48a-750b-4051-897c-87b9720928f7
Content-type: application/json

{
  "phoneNumber": "+1 2065555554",
  "phoneType": "mobile",
}

Response

The following example shows the response.

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

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "phoneNumber": "+1 2065555554",
  "phoneType": "mobile",
  "smsSignInState": "ready",
  "id": "3179e48a-750b-4051-897c-87b9720928f7"
}