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ApplicationDelegated Read/Write All Resources

Allows the app to create Viva Engage communities, read all community properties, update community properties, and delete communities without a signed-in user.

Permission data: April 6, 2026 at 4:06 AM UTC
Delegated Access App-Only Access

Permission Details

Application Permission

Read and write all Viva Engage communities

Allows the app to create Viva Engage communities, read all community properties, update community properties, and delete communities without a signed-in user.

Delegated Permission Admin consent required

Read and write all Viva Engage communities

Allows the app to create Viva Engage communities and read all community properties on behalf of the signed-in user.

Properties

Microsoft Graph v1.0 exact-category-docs

Properties is shown from stable Microsoft Graph v1.0 metadata.

Property Type Description
description String The description of the community. The maximum length is 1,024 characters.
displayName String The name of the community. The maximum length is 255 characters.
groupId StringNullable The ID of the Microsoft 365 group that manages the membership of this community.
id String The unique identifier of the community. Read-only. Inherited from entity.
privacy communityPrivacy Defines the privacy level of the community. The possible values are: public, private, unknownFutureValue.
group object The Microsoft 365 group that manages the membership of this community.
owners user collection The admins of the community. Limited to 100 users. If this property isn't specified when you create the community, the calling user is automatically assigned as the community owner.

JSON Representation

Microsoft Graph v1.0 exact-category-docs

JSON representation is shown from stable Microsoft Graph v1.0 metadata.

JSON representation
{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.community",
  "description": "String",
  "displayName": "String",
  "groupId": "String",
  "id": "String (identifier)",
  "privacy": "String"
}

Relationships

Microsoft Graph v1.0 exact-category-docs

Relationships is shown from stable Microsoft Graph v1.0 metadata.

Relationship Type Description
group group The Microsoft 365 group that manages the membership of this community.
owners user collection The admins of the community. Limited to 100 users. If this property isn't specified when you create the community, the calling user is automatically assigned as the community owner.
privacy communityPrivacy Related privacy data exposed by this resource.

Graph Methods

Delegated access App-only access
Exact Microsoft Learn match

Microsoft Graph v1.0 endpoints are mapped directly from refreshed Microsoft Learn permissions tables.

Methods
GET /employeeExperience/communities
GET /employeeExperience/communities/{communityId}
GET /employeeExperience/engagementAsyncOperations/{engagementAsyncOperationId}
POST /employeeExperience/communities
PATCH /employeeExperience/communities/{communityId}
DELETE /employeeExperience/communities/{communityId}
Exact Microsoft Learn match

Microsoft Graph beta endpoints are mapped directly from refreshed Microsoft Learn permissions tables.

Methods
GET /employeeExperience/communities
GET /employeeExperience/communities/{communityId}
GET /employeeExperience/engagementAsyncOperations/{engagementAsyncOperationId}
POST /employeeExperience/communities
PATCH /employeeExperience/communities/{communityId}
DELETE /employeeExperience/communities/{communityId}
No Microsoft Learn PowerShell mapping available

Microsoft Graph PowerShell v1.0 commands are not available from refreshed Microsoft Learn PowerShell snippets for this permission.

No deterministic PowerShell command map is available for this permission.

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No Microsoft Learn PowerShell mapping available

Microsoft Graph PowerShell beta commands are not available from refreshed Microsoft Learn PowerShell snippets for this permission.

No deterministic PowerShell command map is available for this permission.

Browse PowerShell docs

Code Examples

C# / .NET SDK
Create community
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Community
{
	DisplayName = "Financial Advice for Software Engineers",
	Description = "A community where financial advisors who represent customers from software engineering profession can discuss advice and suggestions for their clients.",
	Privacy = CommunityPrivacy.Public,
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.EmployeeExperience.Communities.PostAsync(requestBody);
JavaScript
Create community
const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const community = {
  displayName: 'Financial Advice for Software Engineers',
  description: 'A community where financial advisors who represent customers from software engineering profession can discuss advice and suggestions for their clients.',
  privacy: 'public'
};

await client.api('/employeeExperience/communities')
	.post(community);
PowerShell
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Community.ReadWrite.All"
Invoke-MgGraphRequest -Method GET -Uri "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/employeeExperience/communities"
Python
Create community
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.community import Community
from msgraph.generated.models.community_privacy import CommunityPrivacy
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Community(
	display_name = "Financial Advice for Software Engineers",
	description = "A community where financial advisors who represent customers from software engineering profession can discuss advice and suggestions for their clients.",
	privacy = CommunityPrivacy.Public,
)

result = await graph_client.employee_experience.communities.post(request_body)

App Registration

1

Navigate to Azure Portal

Go to App registrations in Microsoft Entra admin center

2

Add API Permission

Select your app → API permissions → Add a permission → Microsoft Graph

3

Select Permission Type

Choose Application permissions or delegated permissions and search for Community.ReadWrite.All

4

Grant Admin Consent

Application permissions always require admin consent.