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ApplicationDelegated Read All Resources

Allows the app to read any user's scored list of relevant people, without a signed-in user. The list can include local contacts, contacts from social networking, your organization's directory, and people from recent communications (such as email and Skype).

Delegated Access App-Only Access

Permission Details

Application Permission

Read all users' relevant people lists

Allows the app to read any user's scored list of relevant people, without a signed-in user. The list can include local contacts, contacts from social networking, your organization's directory, and people from recent communications (such as email and Skype).

Delegated Permission Admin consent required

Read all users' relevant people lists

Allows the app to read a scored list of relevant people of the signed-in user or other users in the signed-in user's organization. The list can include local contacts, contacts from social networking, your organization's directory, and people from recent communications (such as email and Skype).

Properties

Property Type Description
id string The unique identifier for an entity. Read-only.
sources microsoft.graph.personDataSource collection The sources the user data comes from, for example Directory or Outlook Contacts.
userPrincipalName stringNullable The user principal name (UPN) of the person. The UPN is an Internet-style login name for the person based on the Internet standard RFC 822. By convention, this should map to the person's email name. The general format is alias@domain.
displayName stringNullable The person's display name.
personNotes stringNullable Free-form notes that the user has taken about this person.
companyName stringNullable The name of the person's company.
givenName stringNullable The person's given name.
officeLocation stringNullable The location of the person's office.
postalAddresses microsoft.graph.location collection The person's addresses.
personType stringNullable The type of person, for example distribution list.
department stringNullable The person's department.
profession stringNullable The person's profession.
title stringNullable The person's title.
birthday stringNullable The person's birthday.
isFavorite booleanNullable True if the user has flagged this person as a favorite.

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Graph Methods

Delegated access App-only access
Methods
GET /me/people
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/people
Methods
GET /me/people
GET /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/people
Commands
Get-MgUserPerson

Code Examples

C# / .NET SDK
// Install: dotnet add package Microsoft.Graph
// Install: dotnet add package Azure.Identity
using Microsoft.Graph;
using Azure.Identity;

// Delegated permissions - interactive user sign-in
var scopes = new[] { "People.Read.All" };
var options = new InteractiveBrowserCredentialOptions
{
    ClientId = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
    TenantId = "YOUR_TENANT_ID",
    RedirectUri = new Uri("http://localhost")
};
var credential = new InteractiveBrowserCredential(options);
var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(credential, scopes);

// Example: GET /me
var result = await graphClient.Me.GetAsync();
Console.WriteLine($"User: {result?.DisplayName}");

// Application permissions - daemon/service app
var tenantId = "YOUR_TENANT_ID";
var clientId = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID";
var clientSecret = "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET";

var credential = new ClientSecretCredential(tenantId, clientId, clientSecret);
var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(credential);

// Example: GET /users/{user-id}
var users = await graphClient.Users.GetAsync();
foreach (var user in users?.Value ?? [])
{
    Console.WriteLine($"User: {user.DisplayName}");
}
JavaScript / TypeScript
// npm install @azure/msal-browser @microsoft/microsoft-graph-client
import { PublicClientApplication } from "@azure/msal-browser";
import { Client } from "@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client";
import { AuthCodeMSALBrowserAuthenticationProvider } from 
    "@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client/authProviders/authCodeMsalBrowser";

const msalConfig = {
    auth: {
        clientId: "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
        authority: "https://login.microsoftonline.com/YOUR_TENANT_ID"
    }
};

const pca = new PublicClientApplication(msalConfig);
await pca.initialize();

// Delegated: Login with required scope
const loginResponse = await pca.loginPopup({
    scopes: ["People.Read.All"]
});

const authProvider = new AuthCodeMSALBrowserAuthenticationProvider(pca, {
    account: loginResponse.account,
    scopes: ["People.Read.All"],
    interactionType: "popup"
});

const graphClient = Client.initWithMiddleware({ authProvider });

// Example: GET /me
const result = await graphClient.api("/me").get();
console.log(result);

// Application: Use client credentials (Node.js backend only)
// npm install @azure/identity @microsoft/microsoft-graph-client
import { ClientSecretCredential } from "@azure/identity";
import { TokenCredentialAuthenticationProvider } from 
    "@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client/authProviders/azureTokenCredentials";

const credential = new ClientSecretCredential(
    "YOUR_TENANT_ID",
    "YOUR_CLIENT_ID", 
    "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
);

const authProvider = new TokenCredentialAuthenticationProvider(credential, {
    scopes: ["https://graph.microsoft.com/.default"]
});

const graphClient = Client.initWithMiddleware({ authProvider });
const result = await graphClient.api("/users").get();
console.log(result);
PowerShell
# Install Microsoft Graph PowerShell module
Install-Module Microsoft.Graph -Scope CurrentUser

# Delegated access - interactive sign-in
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "People.Read.All"

# Verify connection
Get-MgContext | Select-Object Account, TenantId, Scopes

# Example: GET /me
$result = Invoke-MgGraphRequest -Method GET -Uri "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me"
$result | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5

# Application access with certificate
$params = @{
    ClientId = "YOUR_CLIENT_ID"
    TenantId = "YOUR_TENANT_ID"
    CertificateThumbprint = "YOUR_CERT_THUMBPRINT"
}
Connect-MgGraph @params

# Or with client secret (not recommended for production)
# Connect-MgGraph -ClientSecretCredential $credential

# Example: GET /users
$result = Invoke-MgGraphRequest -Method GET -Uri "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/users"
$result | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5

# Always disconnect when done
Disconnect-MgGraph
Python
# pip install msgraph-sdk azure-identity
from azure.identity import InteractiveBrowserCredential, ClientSecretCredential
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
import asyncio

# Delegated permissions - interactive browser sign-in
credential = InteractiveBrowserCredential(
    client_id="YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
    tenant_id="YOUR_TENANT_ID"
)
scopes = ["People.Read.All"]
client = GraphServiceClient(credential, scopes)

async def get_data():
    # Example: GET /me
    result = await client.me.get()
    print(f"User: {result.display_name}")
    return result

asyncio.run(get_data())

# Application permissions - client credentials
credential = ClientSecretCredential(
    tenant_id="YOUR_TENANT_ID",
    client_id="YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
    client_secret="YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
)
scopes = ["https://graph.microsoft.com/.default"]
client = GraphServiceClient(credential, scopes)

async def get_users():
    # Example: GET /users
    result = await client.users.get()
    for user in result.value:
        print(f"User: {user.display_name}")
    return result

asyncio.run(get_users())

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 People.Read.All

4

Grant Admin Consent

Application permissions always require admin consent. Click "Grant admin consent" in the Azure portal.