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Application Read/Write All Resources

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

Delegated Access App-Only Access

Permission Details

Application Permission

Read and write presence information for all users

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

Properties

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

JSON Representation

JSON representation
{
  "id": "String",
  "availability": "String",
  "sequenceNumber": "String",
  "activity": "String",
  "workLocation": "{...}",
  "statusMessage": "{...}",
  "outOfOfficeSettings": "{...}"
}

Relationships

Relationship Type Description
statusMessage presenceStatusMessage The presence status message of a user.

Graph Methods

Delegated access App-only access
Methods
GET /communications/presences/{id}
GET /me/presence
GET /users/{id}/presence
POST /communications/getPresencesByUserId
POST /users/{id}/presence/clearPresence
POST /users/{id}/presence/clearUserPreferredPresence
POST /users/{id}/presence/setPresence
POST /users/{id}/presence/setStatusMessage
POST /users/{id}/presence/setUserPreferredPresence
Methods
GET /communications/presences/{id}
GET /me/presence
GET /users/{id}/presence
POST /communications/getPresencesByUserId
POST /users/{id}/presence/clearPresence
POST /users/{id}/presence/clearUserPreferredPresence
POST /users/{id}/presence/setPresence
POST /users/{id}/presence/setStatusMessage
POST /users/{id}/presence/setUserPreferredPresence

No PowerShell cmdlets available for this version.

Code Examples

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



// 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();



// 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



# 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



# 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 and search for Presence.ReadWrite.All

4

Grant Admin Consent

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