Create virtualEventTownhall

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.

Create a new virtualEventTownhall object in draft mode.

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 permission	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	VirtualEvent.ReadWrite	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

HTTP request

POST /solutions/virtualEvents/townhalls

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 supported derived types of virtualEventTownhall object.

You can specify the following properties when you create a virtualEventTownhall.

Property	Type	Description
audience	meetingAudience	The audience to whom the town hall is visible.
coOrganizers	communicationsUserIdentity collection	The identity information of coorganizers of the town hall.
description	itemBody	A description of the town hall.
displayName	String	Display name of the town hall.
endDateTime	dateTimeTimeZone	The date and time when the town hall ends.
invitedAttendees	identity collection	The identities of the attendees invited to the town hall. The supported identities are: communicationsGuestIdentity and communicationsUserIdentity.
isInviteOnly	Boolean	Indicates whether the town hall is only open to invited people and groups within your organization. The isInviteOnly property can only be true if the value of the audience property is set to organization.
settings	virtualEventSettings	The town hall settings.
startDateTime	dateTimeTimeZone	The date and time when the town hall starts.

Response

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

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/solutions/virtualEvents/townhalls
Content-Type: application/json

{     
    "displayName": "The Impact of Tech on Our Lives",
    "description": {
      "contentType": "text",
      "content": "Discusses how technology has changed the way we communicate."
    },
    "startDateTime": {
      "dateTime": "2023-03-30T10:00:00", 
      "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time" 
    },
    "endDateTime": {
      "dateTime": "2023-03-30T17:00:00", 
      "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time" 
    },
    "audience": "organization",
    "coOrganizers": [
      { 
        "id": "7b7e1acd-a3e0-4533-8c1d-c1a4ca0b2e2b", 
        "tenantId": "77229959-e479-4a73-b6e0-ddac27be315c" 
      }
    ],
    "settings": {
      "isAttendeeEmailNotificationEnabled": false
    }
}

CLI

mgc-beta solutions virtual-events townhalls create --body '{\
    "displayName": "The Impact of Tech on Our Lives",\
    "description": {\
      "contentType": "text",\
      "content": "Discusses how technology has changed the way we communicate."\
    },\
    "startDateTime": {\
      "dateTime": "2023-03-30T10:00:00", \
      "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time" \
    },\
    "endDateTime": {\
      "dateTime": "2023-03-30T17:00:00", \
      "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time" \
    },\
    "audience": "organization",\
    "coOrganizers": [\
      { \
        "id": "7b7e1acd-a3e0-4533-8c1d-c1a4ca0b2e2b", \
        "tenantId": "77229959-e479-4a73-b6e0-ddac27be315c" \
      }\
    ],\
    "settings": {\
      "isAttendeeEmailNotificationEnabled": false\
    }\
}\
'

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const virtualEventTownhall = {
    displayName:  'The Impact of Tech on Our Lives',
    description:  {
      contentType: 'text',
      content: 'Discusses how technology has changed the way we communicate.'
    },
    startDateTime:  {
      dateTime:  '2023-03-30T10:00:00', 
      timeZone:  'Pacific Standard Time' 
    },
    endDateTime:  {
      dateTime:  '2023-03-30T17:00:00', 
      timeZone:  'Pacific Standard Time' 
    },
    audience:  'organization',
    coOrganizers:  [
      { 
        id:  '7b7e1acd-a3e0-4533-8c1d-c1a4ca0b2e2b', 
        tenantId:  '77229959-e479-4a73-b6e0-ddac27be315c' 
      }
    ],
    settings: {
      isAttendeeEmailNotificationEnabled: false
    }
};

await client.api('/solutions/virtualEvents/townhalls')
	.version('beta')
	.post(virtualEventTownhall);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

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.

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

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{ 
    "id": "bce9a3ca-a310-48fa-baf3-1cedcd04bb3f@4aa05bcc-1cac-4a83-a9ae-0db84b88f4ba",
    "status": "draft",
    "displayName": "The Impact of Tech on Our Lives",
    "description": {
      "contentType": "text",
      "content": "Discusses how technology has changed the way we communicate."
    },
    "startDateTime": {
      "dateTime": "2023-03-30T10:00:00", 
      "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time" 
    },
    "endDateTime": {
      "dateTime": "2023-03-30T17:00:00", 
      "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time" 
    },
    "audience": "organization",
    "createdBy": {
      "application": null,
      "device": null,
      "user": {
        "id": "b7ef013a-c73c-4ec7-8ccb-e56290f45f68",
        "displayName": "Diane Demoss",
        "tenantId": "77229959-e479-4a73-b6e0-ddac27be315c"
      }
    },
    "coOrganizers": [
      { 
        "id": "7b7e1acd-a3e0-4533-8c1d-c1a4ca0b2e2b", 
        "displayName": "Kenneth Brown", 
        "tenantId": "77229959-e479-4a73-b6e0-ddac27be315c" 
      }
    ],
    "invitedAttendees": [],
    "settings": {
      "isAttendeeEmailNotificationEnabled": false
    },
    "isInviteOnly": false,
    "externalEventInformation": []
}