Perform bulkUpload

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Perform a new bulk upload using the synchronization job. Use this API endpoint to ingest data into the Microsoft Entra synchronization service. The synchronization service applies the mappings associated with the synchronization job and process the incoming data. The rate limit for this API is 40 requests per second. Each request can contain a maximum of 50 user operations in the bulk request Operations array.

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)	SynchronizationData-User.Upload	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	SynchronizationData-User.Upload	Not available.

Note

This API is primarily meant for use within an application or service responsible for processing authoritative identity data and uploading it to Microsoft Entra ID. Tenant admins can either configure a service principal or managed identity to grant permission to perform the upload. There is no separate user-assignable Microsoft Entra built-in directory role for this API. Outside of applications that have acquired SynchronizationData-User.Upload permission with admin consent, only admin users with Global Administrator role can invoke the API.

HTTP request

POST /servicePrincipals/{servicePrincipalId}/synchronization/jobs/{jobId}/bulkUpload

In the API endpoint, {servicePrincipalId} refers to the service principal object ID and {jobId} refers to the provisioning job ID.

Request headers

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

Request body

In the request body, supply a bulkUpload resource type. Refer to the examples section for sample payloads.

Response

If successful, returns a 202 Accepted response and nothing in the response body. It also returns a Location header for checking the status of the bulk request provisioning.

HTTP Status Code	Explanation
202 (Accepted)	The bulk request is staged for execution and will be processed by the associated provisioning job. The Location key in the response header points to the provisioning logs endpoint that can be used to check the status of the bulk request provisioning.
400 (Bad Request)	Request is unparseable, syntactically incorrect, or violates the schema. The most common cause of this error is the absence of the Content-Type request header. Make sure it's present and set to application/scim+json.
401 (Unauthorized)	The authorization header is invalid or missing. Ensure that the authorization header has a valid access token.
403 (Forbidden)	The operation isn't permitted based on the supplied authorization header. Make sure that the API client has the SynchronizationData-User.Upload permission and for delegated scenarios, the caller must be a global administrator.

Examples

• Example 1: Bulk upload using SCIM Core user and Enterprise User schema
• Example 2: Bulk upload using SCIM custom schema namespace
• Example 3: Bulk upload for updating an existing user

Example 1: Bulk upload using SCIM Core user and Enterprise User schema

Request

The following bulk request uses the SCIM standard Core User and Enterprise User schema. It has two user operations in the Operations array. You can send a maximum of 50 user operations in each bulk request.

Processing details: The provisioning service reads the two user records. It uses the matching attribute for userName and externalId that's configured in the attribute mapping of the provisioning job to determine whether to create, update, enable, or disable the user account in the directory. It resolves the manager reference using the manager.value field. Specify the externalId of the user's manager in this field. In the following example, the provisioning service assigns Barbara Jensen as the manager for Kathy Jensen.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/{servicePrincipalId}/synchronization/jobs/{jobId}/bulkUpload
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Content-Type: application/scim+json

{
    "schemas": ["urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:BulkRequest"],
    "Operations": [
    {
        "method": "POST",
        "bulkId": "701984",
        "path": "/Users",
        "data": {
            "schemas": ["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User",
            "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User"],
            "externalId": "701984",
            "userName": "bjensen@example.com",
            "name": {
                "formatted": "Ms. Barbara J Jensen, III",
                "familyName": "Jensen",
                "givenName": "Barbara",
                "middleName": "Jane",
                "honorificPrefix": "Ms.",
                "honorificSuffix": "III"
            },
            "displayName": "Babs Jensen",
            "nickName": "Babs",
            "emails": [
            {
              "value": "bjensen@example.com",
              "type": "work",
              "primary": true
            }
            ],
            "addresses": [
            {
              "type": "work",
              "streetAddress": "234300 Universal City Plaza",
              "locality": "Hollywood",
              "region": "CA",
              "postalCode": "91608",
              "country": "USA",
              "formatted": "100 Universal City Plaza\nHollywood, CA 91608 USA",
              "primary": true
            }
            ],
            "phoneNumbers": [
            {
              "value": "555-555-5555",
              "type": "work"
            }
            ],
            "userType": "Employee",
            "title": "Tour Guide",
            "preferredLanguage": "en-US",
            "locale": "en-US",
            "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
            "active":true,
            "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User": {
                "employeeNumber": "701984",
                "costCenter": "4130",
                "organization": "Universal Studios",
                "division": "Theme Park",
                "department": "Tour Operations",
                "manager": {
                  "value": "89607",
                  "displayName": "John Smith"
                 }
            }
        }
    },
    {
        "method": "POST",
        "bulkId": "701985",
        "path": "/Users",
        "data": {
            "schemas": ["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User",
            "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User"],
            "externalId": "701985",
            "userName": "Kjensen@example.com",
            "name": {
                "formatted": "Ms. Kathy J Jensen, III",
                "familyName": "Jensen",
                "givenName": "Kathy",
                "middleName": "Jane",
                "honorificPrefix": "Ms.",
                "honorificSuffix": "III"
            },
            "displayName": "Kathy Jensen",
            "nickName": "Kathy",
            "emails": [
            {
              "value": "kjensen@example.com",
              "type": "work",
              "primary": true
            }
            ],
            "addresses": [
            {
              "type": "work",
              "streetAddress": "100 Oracle City Plaza",
              "locality": "Hollywood",
              "region": "CA",
              "postalCode": "91618",
              "country": "USA",
              "formatted": "100 Oracle City Plaza\nHollywood, CA 91618 USA",
              "primary": true
            }
            ],
            "phoneNumbers": [
            {
              "value": "555-555-5545",
              "type": "work"
            }
            ],
            "userType": "Employee",
            "title": "Tour Lead",
            "preferredLanguage": "en-US",
            "locale": "en-US",
            "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
            "active":true,
            "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User": {
              "employeeNumber": "701984",
              "costCenter": "4130",
              "organization": "Universal Studios",
              "division": "Theme Park",
              "department": "Tour Operations",
              "manager": {
                "value": "701984",
                "displayName": "Barbara Jensen"
              }
            }
        }
    }
],
    "failOnErrors": null
}

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const bulkUpload = {
    schemas: ['urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:BulkRequest'],
    Operations: [
    {
        method: 'POST',
        bulkId: '701984',
        path: '/Users',
        data: {
            schemas: ['urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User',
            'urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User'],
            externalId: '701984',
            userName: 'bjensen@example.com',
            name: {
                formatted: 'Ms. Barbara J Jensen, III',
                familyName: 'Jensen',
                givenName: 'Barbara',
                middleName: 'Jane',
                honorificPrefix: 'Ms.',
                honorificSuffix: 'III'
            },
            displayName: 'Babs Jensen',
            nickName: 'Babs',
            emails: [
            {
              value: 'bjensen@example.com',
              type: 'work',
              primary: true
            }
            ],
            addresses: [
            {
              type: 'work',
              streetAddress: '234300 Universal City Plaza',
              locality: 'Hollywood',
              region: 'CA',
              postalCode: '91608',
              country: 'USA',
              formatted: '100 Universal City Plaza\nHollywood, CA 91608 USA',
              primary: true
            }
            ],
            phoneNumbers: [
            {
              value: '555-555-5555',
              type: 'work'
            }
            ],
            userType: 'Employee',
            title: 'Tour Guide',
            preferredLanguage: 'en-US',
            locale: 'en-US',
            timezone: 'America/Los_Angeles',
            active: true,
            'urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User': {
                employeeNumber: '701984',
                costCenter: '4130',
                organization: 'Universal Studios',
                division: 'Theme Park',
                department: 'Tour Operations',
                manager: {
                  value: '89607',
                  displayName: 'John Smith'
                 }
            }
        }
    },
    {
        method: 'POST',
        bulkId: '701985',
        path: '/Users',
        data: {
            schemas: ['urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User',
            'urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User'],
            externalId: '701985',
            userName: 'Kjensen@example.com',
            name: {
                formatted: 'Ms. Kathy J Jensen, III',
                familyName: 'Jensen',
                givenName: 'Kathy',
                middleName: 'Jane',
                honorificPrefix: 'Ms.',
                honorificSuffix: 'III'
            },
            displayName: 'Kathy Jensen',
            nickName: 'Kathy',
            emails: [
            {
              value: 'kjensen@example.com',
              type: 'work',
              primary: true
            }
            ],
            addresses: [
            {
              type: 'work',
              streetAddress: '100 Oracle City Plaza',
              locality: 'Hollywood',
              region: 'CA',
              postalCode: '91618',
              country: 'USA',
              formatted: '100 Oracle City Plaza\nHollywood, CA 91618 USA',
              primary: true
            }
            ],
            phoneNumbers: [
            {
              value: '555-555-5545',
              type: 'work'
            }
            ],
            userType: 'Employee',
            title: 'Tour Lead',
            preferredLanguage: 'en-US',
            locale: 'en-US',
            timezone: 'America/Los_Angeles',
            active: true,
            'urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User': {
              employeeNumber: '701984',
              costCenter: '4130',
              organization: 'Universal Studios',
              division: 'Theme Park',
              department: 'Tour Operations',
              manager: {
                value: '701984',
                displayName: 'Barbara Jensen'
              }
            }
        }
    }
],
    failOnErrors: null
};

await client.api('/servicePrincipals/{servicePrincipalId}/synchronization/jobs/{jobId}/bulkUpload')
	.post(bulkUpload);

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

Response

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

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/scim+json
client-request-id: 92cd10f6-fcc3-5d61-098e-a6dd35e460ef
content-length: "0"
location: "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/auditLogs/provisioning/?$filter=jobid%20eq%20'API2AAD.b16687d38faf42adb29892cdcaf01c6e.1a03de52-b9c3-4e2c-a1e3-9145aaa8e530'"
request-id: beeb9ea0-f7e4-4fe7-8507-cd834c88f18b

{}

Example 2: Bulk upload using SCIM custom schema namespace

Request

The following bulk request uses the SCIM standard Core User and Enterprise User schema. It has another custom schema namespace called urn:contoso:employee with two attributes HireDate and JobCode. The schemas array in the data object is updated to include the custom schema namespace.

Processing details: The provisioning service reads the two user records. It uses the matching attribute for userName and externalId that's configured in the attribute mapping of the provisioning job to determine whether to create, update, enable, or disable the user account in the directory. If you include the two custom attributes urn:contoso:employee:HireDate and urn:contoso:employee:JobCode in your provisioning job attribute mapping, it's processed, and the corresponding target attributes are set.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/{servicePrincipalId}/synchronization/jobs/{jobId}/bulkUpload
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Content-Type: application/scim+json

{
    "schemas": ["urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:BulkRequest"],
    "Operations": [
    {
        "method": "POST",
        "bulkId": "701984",
        "path": "/Users",
        "data": {
            "schemas": ["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User",
            "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User",
            "urn:contoso:employee"],
            "externalId": "701984",
            "userName": "bjensen@example.com",
            "name": {
                "formatted": "Ms. Barbara J Jensen, III",
                "familyName": "Jensen",
                "givenName": "Barbara",
                "middleName": "Jane",
                "honorificPrefix": "Ms.",
                "honorificSuffix": "III"
            },
            "displayName": "Babs Jensen",
            "nickName": "Babs",
            "emails": [
            {
              "value": "bjensen@example.com",
              "type": "work",
              "primary": true
            }
            ],
            "addresses": [
            {
              "type": "work",
              "streetAddress": "234300 Universal City Plaza",
              "locality": "Hollywood",
              "region": "CA",
              "postalCode": "91608",
              "country": "USA",
              "formatted": "100 Universal City Plaza\nHollywood, CA 91608 USA",
              "primary": true
            }
            ],
            "phoneNumbers": [
            {
              "value": "555-555-5555",
              "type": "work"
            }
            ],
            "userType": "Employee",
            "title": "Tour Guide",
            "preferredLanguage": "en-US",
            "locale": "en-US",
            "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
            "active":true,
            "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User": {
                "employeeNumber": "701984",
                "costCenter": "4130",
                "organization": "Universal Studios",
                "division": "Theme Park",
                "department": "Tour Operations",
                "manager": {
                  "value": "89607",
                  "displayName": "John Smith"
                 }
            },
            "urn:contoso:employee": {
                "HireDate": "2021-05-01T00:00:00-05:00",
                "JobCode": "AB-1002"
            }
        }
    },
    {
        "method": "POST",
        "bulkId": "701985",
        "path": "/Users",
        "data": {
            "schemas": ["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User",
            "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User",
            "urn:contoso:employee"],
            "externalId": "701985",
            "userName": "Kjensen@example.com",
            "name": {
                "formatted": "Ms. Kathy J Jensen, III",
                "familyName": "Jensen",
                "givenName": "Kathy",
                "middleName": "Jane",
                "honorificPrefix": "Ms.",
                "honorificSuffix": "III"
            },
            "displayName": "Kathy Jensen",
            "nickName": "Kathy",
            "emails": [
            {
              "value": "kjensen@example.com",
              "type": "work",
              "primary": true
            }
            ],
            "addresses": [
            {
              "type": "work",
              "streetAddress": "100 Oracle City Plaza",
              "locality": "Hollywood",
              "region": "CA",
              "postalCode": "91618",
              "country": "USA",
              "formatted": "100 Oracle City Plaza\nHollywood, CA 91618 USA",
              "primary": true
            }
            ],
            "phoneNumbers": [
            {
              "value": "555-555-5545",
              "type": "work"
            }
            ],
            "userType": "Employee",
            "title": "Tour Lead",
            "preferredLanguage": "en-US",
            "locale": "en-US",
            "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
            "active":true,
            "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User": {
              "employeeNumber": "701984",
              "costCenter": "4130",
              "organization": "Universal Studios",
              "division": "Theme Park",
              "department": "Tour Operations",
              "manager": {
                "value": "701984",
                "displayName": "Barbara Jensen"
             }
            },
            "urn:contoso:employee": {
                "HireDate": "2022-07-15T00:00:00-05:00",
                "JobCode": "AB-1003"
            }
        }
    }
],
    "failOnErrors": null
}

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const bulkUpload = {
    schemas: ['urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:BulkRequest'],
    Operations: [
    {
        method: 'POST',
        bulkId: '701984',
        path: '/Users',
        data: {
            schemas: ['urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User',
            'urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User',
            'urn:contoso:employee'],
            externalId: '701984',
            userName: 'bjensen@example.com',
            name: {
                formatted: 'Ms. Barbara J Jensen, III',
                familyName: 'Jensen',
                givenName: 'Barbara',
                middleName: 'Jane',
                honorificPrefix: 'Ms.',
                honorificSuffix: 'III'
            },
            displayName: 'Babs Jensen',
            nickName: 'Babs',
            emails: [
            {
              value: 'bjensen@example.com',
              type: 'work',
              primary: true
            }
            ],
            addresses: [
            {
              type: 'work',
              streetAddress: '234300 Universal City Plaza',
              locality: 'Hollywood',
              region: 'CA',
              postalCode: '91608',
              country: 'USA',
              formatted: '100 Universal City Plaza\nHollywood, CA 91608 USA',
              primary: true
            }
            ],
            phoneNumbers: [
            {
              value: '555-555-5555',
              type: 'work'
            }
            ],
            userType: 'Employee',
            title: 'Tour Guide',
            preferredLanguage: 'en-US',
            locale: 'en-US',
            timezone: 'America/Los_Angeles',
            active: true,
            'urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User': {
                employeeNumber: '701984',
                costCenter: '4130',
                organization: 'Universal Studios',
                division: 'Theme Park',
                department: 'Tour Operations',
                manager: {
                  value: '89607',
                  displayName: 'John Smith'
                 }
            },
            'urn:contoso:employee': {
                HireDate: '2021-05-01T00:00:00-05:00',
                JobCode: 'AB-1002'
            }
        }
    },
    {
        method: 'POST',
        bulkId: '701985',
        path: '/Users',
        data: {
            schemas: ['urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User',
            'urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User',
            'urn:contoso:employee'],
            externalId: '701985',
            userName: 'Kjensen@example.com',
            name: {
                formatted: 'Ms. Kathy J Jensen, III',
                familyName: 'Jensen',
                givenName: 'Kathy',
                middleName: 'Jane',
                honorificPrefix: 'Ms.',
                honorificSuffix: 'III'
            },
            displayName: 'Kathy Jensen',
            nickName: 'Kathy',
            emails: [
            {
              value: 'kjensen@example.com',
              type: 'work',
              primary: true
            }
            ],
            addresses: [
            {
              type: 'work',
              streetAddress: '100 Oracle City Plaza',
              locality: 'Hollywood',
              region: 'CA',
              postalCode: '91618',
              country: 'USA',
              formatted: '100 Oracle City Plaza\nHollywood, CA 91618 USA',
              primary: true
            }
            ],
            phoneNumbers: [
            {
              value: '555-555-5545',
              type: 'work'
            }
            ],
            userType: 'Employee',
            title: 'Tour Lead',
            preferredLanguage: 'en-US',
            locale: 'en-US',
            timezone: 'America/Los_Angeles',
            active: true,
            'urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User': {
              employeeNumber: '701984',
              costCenter: '4130',
              organization: 'Universal Studios',
              division: 'Theme Park',
              department: 'Tour Operations',
              manager: {
                value: '701984',
                displayName: 'Barbara Jensen'
             }
            },
            'urn:contoso:employee': {
                HireDate: '2022-07-15T00:00:00-05:00',
                JobCode: 'AB-1003'
            }
        }
    }
],
    failOnErrors: null
};

await client.api('/servicePrincipals/{servicePrincipalId}/synchronization/jobs/{jobId}/bulkUpload')
	.post(bulkUpload);

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

Response

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

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/scim+json
client-request-id: 92cd10f6-fcc3-5d61-098e-a6dd35e460ef
content-length: "0"
location: "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/auditLogs/provisioning/?$filter=jobid%20eq%20'API2AAD.b16687d38faf42adb29892cdcaf01c6e.1a03de52-b9c3-4e2c-a1e3-9145aaa8e530'"
request-id: beeb9ea0-f7e4-4fe7-8507-cd834c88f18b

{}

Example 3: Bulk upload for updating an existing user

Request

The following bulk request illustrates how to update attributes of an existing Microsoft Entra user, change the user's department, and disable sign-in for the user. This example assumes you have configured a mapping for the externalId, department, and active fields, and you have an existing Microsoft Entra user that has an attribute matching the externalId.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/servicePrincipals/{servicePrincipalId}/synchronization/jobs/{jobId}/bulkUpload
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Content-Type: application/scim+json

{
    "schemas": ["urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:BulkRequest"],
    "Operations": [
        {
            "method": "POST",
            "bulkId": "7172023",
            "path": "/Users",
            "data": {
                "schemas": ["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User",
                "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User"],
                "externalId": "7172023",
                "active": false,
                "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User": {
                    "department": "Tour Ops"
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "failOnErrors": null
}

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const bulkUpload = {
    schemas: ['urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:BulkRequest'],
    Operations: [
        {
            method: 'POST',
            bulkId: '7172023',
            path: '/Users',
            data: {
                schemas: ['urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User',
                'urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User'],
                externalId: '7172023',
                active: false,
                'urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User': {
                    department: 'Tour Ops'
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    failOnErrors: null
};

await client.api('/servicePrincipals/{servicePrincipalId}/synchronization/jobs/{jobId}/bulkUpload')
	.post(bulkUpload);

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

Response

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

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/scim+json
client-request-id: 92cd20f6-fcc3-5d61-098e-a6dd35e460ef
content-length: "0"
location: "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/auditLogs/provisioning/?$filter=jobid%20eq%20'API2AAD.b16687d38faf42adb29892cdcaf01c6e.1a03de52-b9c3-4e2c-a1e3-9145aaa8e530'"
request-id: beec9ea0-f7e4-4fe7-8507-cd834c88f18b

{}