Get authentication method states

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Read the properties of a user's authentication states. Use this API to retrieve the following information:

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.

Permissions to read system-preferred MFA

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) UserAuthenticationMethod.Read UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application UserAuthenticationMethod.Read UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite

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.

  • Global Reader
  • Authentication Administrator
  • Privileged Authentication Administrator

Permissions to read per-user MFA state

Permissions acting on self

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) Policy.Read.All Policy.ReadWrite.AuthenticationMethod
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application Not supported. Not supported.

Permissions acting on others

Permission type Least privileged permissions Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account) Policy.Read.All Policy.ReadWrite.AuthenticationMethod
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Not supported. Not supported.
Application Policy.Read.All Policy.ReadWrite.AuthenticationMethod

In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user 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.

  • Global Reader
  • Authentication Policy Administrator

HTTP request

To retrieve the sign-in preferences (system-preferred MFA) for a user:

GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/authentication/signInPreferences

To retrieve the per-user multifactor authentication state for the signed-in user:

GET /me/authentication/requirements

To retrieve the per-user multifactor authentication state for a user:

GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/authentication/requirements

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

For sign-in preferences: If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and a signInPreferences object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Get a user's system-preferred MFA method

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/071cc716-8147-4397-a5ba-b2105951cc0b/authentication/signInPreferences

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

{
  "isSystemPreferredAuthenticationMethodEnabled": false,
  "userPreferredMethodForSecondaryAuthentication": "push"
}

Example 2: Get a user's MFA state

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/users/071cc716-8147-4397-a5ba-b2105951cc0b/authentication/requirements

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

{
  "perUserMfaState": "enforced"
}