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ApplicationDelegated Read All Resources

Allows the app to read all external items 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 all external items

Allows the app to read all external items without a signed-in user.

Delegated Permission Admin consent required

Read items in external datasets

Allow the app to read external datasets and content, on behalf of the signed-in user.

Properties

Microsoft Graph beta exact-category

Properties is shown from beta metadata because a stable v1.0 schema is not available for this resource mapping.

Property Type Description
acl acl collection
content object
id string The unique identifier for an entity. Read-only.
properties object

JSON Representation

Microsoft Graph beta exact-category

JSON representation is shown from beta metadata because a stable v1.0 schema is not available for this resource mapping.

JSON representation
{
  "acl": [
    {
      "@type": "acl",
      "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
    }
  ],
  "content": {
    "sample": "value"
  },
  "id": "String",
  "properties": {
    "sample": "value"
  }
}

Relationships

Microsoft Graph beta schema-derived

Relationships is shown from beta metadata because a stable v1.0 schema is not available for this resource mapping.

Relationship Type Description
acl acl collection Related acl 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 /external/connections/{connectionsId}/groups/{externalGroupId}
GET /external/connections/{connectionsId}/items/{externalItemId}
POST /search/query
Exact Microsoft Learn match

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

Methods
GET /external/connections/{connection-id}/items/{item-id}
POST /search/query
Exact Microsoft Learn PowerShell match

Microsoft Graph PowerShell v1.0 commands are mapped directly from refreshed Microsoft Learn PowerShell snippets.

Commands
Get-MgExternalConnectionGroup /external/connections/{connectionsId}/groups/{externalGroupId}
Get externalGroup
Get-MgExternalConnectionItem /external/connections/{connectionsId}/items/{externalItemId}
Get externalItem
Invoke-MgQuerySearch /search/query
searchEntity: query
Exact Microsoft Learn PowerShell match

Microsoft Graph PowerShell beta commands are mapped directly from refreshed Microsoft Learn PowerShell snippets.

Commands
Get-MgBetaExternalConnectionItem /external/connections/{connection-id}/items/{item-id}
Get externalItem
Invoke-MgBetaQuerySearch /search/query
searchEntity: query

Code Examples

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

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.External.Connections["{externalConnection-id}"].Groups["{externalGroup-id}"].GetAsync();
JavaScript
Get externalGroup
const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let externalGroup = await client.api('/external/connections/contosohr/groups/31bea3d537902000')
	.get();
PowerShell
Get externalGroup
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Search

Get-MgExternalConnectionGroup -ExternalConnectionId $externalConnectionId -ExternalGroupId $externalGroupId
Python
Get externalGroup
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python

result = await graph_client.external.connections.by_external_connection_id('externalConnection-id').groups.by_external_group_id('externalGroup-id').get()

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 ExternalItem.Read.All

4

Grant Admin Consent

Application permissions always require admin consent.