authenticationMethod resource type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

An abstract type that represents an authentication method registered to a user. An authentication method is something used by a user to authenticate or otherwise prove their identity to the system. Some examples include password, phone (usable via SMS or voice call), FIDO2 security keys, and more.

The authenticationMethod resource type is an abstract type that's inherited by the following derived types:

• emailAuthenticationMethod
• fido2AuthenticationMethod
• microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod
• passwordAuthenticationMethod
• phoneAuthenticationMethod
• softwareOathAuthenticationMethod
• temporaryAccessPassAuthenticationMethod
• windowsHelloForBusinessAuthenticationMethod

Important

Listing users' authentication methods only returns methods supported on this API version and registered to the user. See Microsoft Entra authentication methods API overview for a list of currently supported methods.

Methods

Method	Return type	Description
List	authenticationMethod collection	Read the properties and relationships of all of a user's authenticationMethod objects.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
id	String	The identifier of this instance of an authentication method registered to this user. Read-only.

Relationships

None.

JSON representation

The following JSON representation shows the resource type.

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.authenticationMethod",
  "id": "String (identifier)"
}