title	description	author	ms.localizationpriority	ms.subservice	doc_type
Add owner	Use this API to add an owner to an application.	sureshja	medium	entra-applications	apiPageType

Add owner

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Use this API to add an owner to an application by posting to the owners collection.

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Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Application.ReadWrite.All and Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Application.ReadWrite.OwnedBy and Directory.Read.All, Application.ReadWrite.All and Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

You can address the application using either its id or appId. id and appId are referred to as the Object ID and Application (Client) ID, respectively, in app registrations in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

POST /applications/{id}/owners/$ref
POST /applications(appId='{appId}')/owners/$ref

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

In the request body, supply the identifier of the directory object to be assigned as owner.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code.

Example

Request

The following example shows the request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/applications/{id}/owners/$ref
Content-type: application/json

{
"@odata.id": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/{id}"
}