Authorization_RequestDenied error when using Microsoft Graph API to add user(s) to a group

Bac Hoang [MSFT]

One may receive the following 403 error when using Microsoft Graph API to add a user to a group: MS Graph Request:POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/groups/<Group Object ID>/members/$refRequest body:{ “@odata.id”: “https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directoryObjects/<User Object ID>”}Response:{ “error”: { “code”: “Authorization_RequestDenied”, “message”: “Insufficient privileges to complete the operation.”, “innerError”: { “date”: “2024-05-07T15:39:39”, “request-id”: “aa324f0f-b4a3-4af6-9c4f-996e195xxxx”, “client-request-id”: “aa324f0f-b4a3-4af6-9c4f-996e1959074e” } }} Below are some guidelines for resolving the error Check group type: There are different types of groups and not…

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Using “groups” claim in Azure Active Directory

Bill Fiddes [MSFT]

Lets get Started! To enable the return of groups in a claim, there are two ways… Use the application registration manifest by enabling the groupMembershipClaims property… https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/reference-app-manifest or if it’s a SAML application, you can enable it though the SSO configuration. The steps on enabling groups claim is outlined in the following article… https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-fed-group-claims Once enabled, groups will now be returned in the “groups” claim within a access token or…

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