Presence.Read.All | Graph Permissions

Permission Details

Application Permission

Read presence information for all users

Allows the app to read presence information of all users in the directory without a signed-in user. Presence information includes activity, availability, status note, calendar out-of-office message, timezone and location.

Permission ID: a70e0c2d-e793-494c-94c4-118fa0a67f42

Delegated Permission

Read presence information of all users in your organization

Allows the app to read presence information of all users in the directory on behalf of the signed-in user. Presence information includes activity, availability, status note, calendar out-of-office message, timezone and location.

Permission ID: 9c7a330d-35b3-4aa1-963d-cb2b9f927841

Properties

Microsoft Graph v1.0 exact-category-docs

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

Property	Type	Description
`activity`	`String`Nullable	The supplemental information to a user's availability. Possible values are available, away, beRightBack, busy, doNotDisturb, offline, outOfOffice, presenceUnknown.
`availability`	`String`Nullable	The base presence information for a user. Possible values are available, away, beRightBack, busy, doNotDisturb, focusing, inACall, inAMeeting, offline, presenting, presenceUnknown.
`id`	`String`	The unique identifier for the user.
`outOfOfficeSettings`	`outOfOfficeSettings`	The out of office settings for a user.
`sequenceNumber`	`String`Read-onlyNullable	The lexicographically sortable String stamp that represents the version of a presence object.
`statusMessage`	`presenceStatusMessage`	The presence status message of a user.
`workLocation`	`userWorkLocation`	Represents the user’s aggregated work location state.

JSON Representation

Microsoft Graph v1.0 exact-category-docs

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

JSON representation

{
  "activity": "String",
  "availability": "String",
  "id": "String (identifier)",
  "outOfOfficeSettings": {
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.outOfOfficeSettings"
  },
  "sequenceNumber": "String",
  "statusMessage": {
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.presenceStatusMessage"
  },
  "workLocation": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.userWorkLocation"
  }
}

Relationships

Microsoft Graph v1.0 exact-category

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

Relationship	Type	Description
`statusMessage`	`presenceStatusMessage`	Presence status message of a user.

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 `/communications/presences/{id}`
GET `/me/presence`
GET `/users/{id}/presence`
POST `/communications/getPresencesByUserId`

Exact Microsoft Learn match

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

Methods
GET `/communications/presences/{id}`
GET `/me/presence`
GET `/users/{id}/presence`
POST `/communications/getPresencesByUserId`

Exact Microsoft Learn PowerShell match

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

Commands
`Get-MgCommunicationPresence` /users/{id}/presence Get presence
`Get-MgCommunicationPresenceByUserId` /communications/getPresencesByUserId cloudCommunications: getPresencesByUserId
`Get-MgUserPresence` /users/{id}/presence Get presence

Exact Microsoft Learn PowerShell match

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

Commands
`Get-MgBetaCommunicationPresence` /users/{id}/presence Get presence
`Get-MgBetaCommunicationPresenceByUserId` /communications/getPresencesByUserId cloudCommunications: getPresencesByUserId
`Get-MgBetaUserPresence` /users/{id}/presence Get presence

Code Examples

C# / .NET SDK

cloudCommunications: getPresencesByUserId

View official example on Microsoft Learn

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Communications.GetPresencesByUserId;

var requestBody = new GetPresencesByUserIdPostRequestBody
{
	Ids = new List<string>
	{
		"fa8bf3dc-eca7-46b7-bad1-db199b62afc3",
		"66825e03-7ef5-42da-9069-724602c31f6b",
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Communications.GetPresencesByUserId.PostAsGetPresencesByUserIdPostResponseAsync(requestBody);

JavaScript

cloudCommunications: getPresencesByUserId

View official example on Microsoft Learn

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const presence = {
	ids: ['fa8bf3dc-eca7-46b7-bad1-db199b62afc3', '66825e03-7ef5-42da-9069-724602c31f6b']
};

await client.api('/communications/getPresencesByUserId')
	.post(presence);

PowerShell

cloudCommunications: getPresencesByUserId

View official example on Microsoft Learn

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.CloudCommunications

$params = @{
	ids = @(
	"fa8bf3dc-eca7-46b7-bad1-db199b62afc3"
"66825e03-7ef5-42da-9069-724602c31f6b"
)
}

Get-MgCommunicationPresenceByUserId -BodyParameter $params

Python

cloudCommunications: getPresencesByUserId

View official example on Microsoft Learn

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.communications.get_presences_by_user_id.get_presences_by_user_id_post_request_body import GetPresencesByUserIdPostRequestBody
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = GetPresencesByUserIdPostRequestBody(
	ids = [
		"fa8bf3dc-eca7-46b7-bad1-db199b62afc3",
		"66825e03-7ef5-42da-9069-724602c31f6b",
	],
)

result = await graph_client.communications.get_presences_by_user_id.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 Presence.Read.All

4

Grant Admin Consent

Application permissions always require admin consent.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Presence.Read.All Microsoft Graph permission?

Presence.Read.All is available as both an application permission and a delegated permission in the Microsoft Graph API, grouped under the Presence category. Allows the app to read presence information of all users in the directory without a signed-in user. Presence information includes activity, availability, status note, calendar out-of-office message, timezone and location. It grants read-only access to resources. Application permissions always require admin consent. It is mapped to the Microsoft Graph presence resource type. 8 documented Microsoft Graph REST methods require it. 6 Microsoft Graph PowerShell commands are documented for it.

Is Presence.Read.All an application or a delegated permission?

Presence.Read.All is available as both an application permission (app-only access, no signed-in user) and a delegated permission (access on behalf of a signed-in user).

Does Presence.Read.All require admin consent?

Application permissions always require admin consent.

What is the permission ID (GUID) for Presence.Read.All?

For Presence.Read.All, the application (app role) ID is a70e0c2d-e793-494c-94c4-118fa0a67f42, and the delegated (OAuth2 scope) ID is 9c7a330d-35b3-4aa1-963d-cb2b9f927841. These are the real Microsoft Graph identifiers and can be used directly in an app registration manifest.