authentication.md

title	description	author	ms.reviewer	ms.localizationpriority	ms.subservice	doc_type
authentication resource type	Exposes relationships that represent the authentication methods supported by Microsoft Entra ID that can be configured for users.	jpettere	intelligentaccesspm	medium	entra-sign-in	resourcePageType

authentication resource type

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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Exposes authentication sign-in preferences and relationships that represent the authentication methods supported by Microsoft Entra ID that can be configured for users.

Inherits from entity.

Methods

Method	Return type	Description
Get authentication sign-in preferences	authentication	Get the authentication sign-in preferences of a user. This includes whether the user is enabled for system preferred authentication and the users preferred multi-factor authentication method.
Update authentication sign-in preferences	authentication	Update the authentication sign-in preferences of a user.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
id	String	Unique identifier for the authentication.
signInPreferences	signInPreferences	The settings and preferences for to the sign-in experience of a user. Use this property to configure the user's default multifactor authentication (MFA) method.

Relationships

Relationship	Type	Description
emailMethods	emailAuthenticationMethod collection	Represents the email addresses registered to a user for authentication.
fido2Methods	fido2AuthenticationMethod collection	Represents the FIDO2 security keys registered to a user for authentication.
methods	authenticationMethod collection	Represents all authentication methods registered to a user.
microsoftAuthenticatorMethods	microsoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod collection	The details of the Microsoft Authenticator app registered to a user for authentication.
passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorMethods	passwordlessMicrosoftAuthenticatorAuthenticationMethod collection	Represents the Microsoft Authenticator Passwordless Phone Sign-in methods registered to a user for authentication.
passwordMethods	passwordAuthenticationMethod collection	Represents the details of the password authentication method registered to a user for authentication.
phoneMethods	phoneAuthenticationMethod collection	Represents the phone registered to a user for authentication.
temporaryAccessPassMethods	temporaryAccessPassAuthenticationMethod collection	Represents a Temporary Access Pass registered to a user for authentication through time-limited passcodes.
windowsHelloForBusinessMethods	windowsHelloForBusinessAuthenticationMethod collection	Represents the Windows Hello for Business authentication method registered to a user for authentication.

JSON representation

The following is a JSON representation of the resource.

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.authentication",
  "id": "String (identifier)",
  "signInPreferences": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.signInPreferences"
  }
}