Get-MgDirectoryObject/Get-MgDirectoryObjectByID (and Beta versions) only return id and DeletedDateTime properties.

[goldjg]

Describe the bug

Using any of the below Cmdlets:

• Get-MgDirectoryObject
• Get-MgDirectoryObjectById
• Get-MgBetaDirectoryObject
• Get-MgBetaDirectoryObjectById

The documentation for these cmdlets suggests it's as simple as using syntax such as:

Get-MgDirectoryObject -DirectoryObjectId {guid}

However, this simply returns e.g.:

Id                                   DeletedDateTime
--                                   ---------------
{guid}

Attempting to select e.g. displayName property only just returns:

Get-MgDirectoryObject -DirectoryObjectId {guid} -Property DisplayName

Id                                   DeletedDateTime
--                                   ---------------

And if you try to use -ExpandProperty:

Get-MgBetaDirectoryObject -DirectoryObjectId {guid} -ExpandProperty DisplayName
Get-MgBetaDirectoryObject_Get: Parsing OData Select and Expand failed: Could not find a property named 'DisplayName' on type 'microsoft.graph.directoryObject'.

Status: 400 (BadRequest)
ErrorCode: BadRequest
Date: 2024-01-31T08:31:33

Headers:
Transfer-Encoding             : chunked
Vary                          : Accept-Encoding
Strict-Transport-Security     : max-age=31536000
request-id                    : bb96bf54-3b28-4176-b261-1ac392aca04b
client-request-id             : ba867e4a-94b4-4669-b88f-45227fa7524b
x-ms-ags-diagnostic           : {"ServerInfo":{"DataCenter":"UK South","Slice":"E","Ring":"3","ScaleUnit":"005","RoleInstance":"LO2PEPF000029B0"}}
Date                          : Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:31:32 GMT
Cache-Control                 : proxy-revalidate
X-SYMC-Transaction-UUID       : 97f74b51c0cb3d2a-000000000c2d269e-0000000065ba0565
Connection                    : keep-aliv

Even using the suggested -BodyParameter switch with a hashtable of parameters makes no difference e.g.:

$params = @{ ids = @("{guid}");types=@("user","group") }
$params

Name                           Value
----                           -----
ids                            {guid}
types                          {user, group}

Get-MgBetaDirectoryObjectByID -BodyParameter $params

Id                                   DeletedDateTime
--                                   ---------------
{guid}

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Follow the steps above, which follow the documented usage of the referenced cmdlets (making sure first to Install and Import the modules required):

• Install-Module Microsoft.Graph
• Import-Module Microsoft.Graph
• Install-Module Microsoft.Graph.DirectoryObjects
• Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.DirectoryObjects
• Connect-MgGraph

2. See errors/issues listed in the bug description.

Expected behavior
I expect more fields to be displayed by default and also to be directly accessible - consider the response to directly calling the API endpoint via Invoke-MgGraphRequest:

Invoke-MgGraphRequest -Uri "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/{guid}" -Method GET

Name                           Value
----                           -----
passwordPolicies               DisablePasswordExpiration
...
displayName                    BLOGGS, Joe

Invoke-MgGraphRequest -Uri "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directoryObjects/{guid}" -Method GET | Select-Object -ExpandProperty displayName

BLOGGS, Joe

Debug Output

Get-MgDirectoryObject -DirectoryObjectId REDACTED -Debug
DEBUG: [CmdletBeginProcessing]: - Get-MgDirectoryObject begin processing with parameterSet 'Get'.
DEBUG: [Authentication]: - AuthType: 'AppOnly', TokenCredentialType: 'ClientSecret', ContextScope: 'Process', AppName: 'REDACTED'.
DEBUG: [Authentication]: - Scopes: [Policy.Read.ConditionalAccess, Policy.ReadWrite.ConditionalAccess, Policy.ReadWrite.AuthenticationMethod, Policy.ReadWrite.AuthenticationFlows, Directory.Read.All, Policy.Rea
d.All].
DEBUG: ============================ HTTP REQUEST ============================

HTTP Method:
GET

Absolute Uri:
https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/directoryObjects/REDACTED

Headers:
FeatureFlag                   : 00000043
Cache-Control                 : no-store, no-cache
User-Agent                    : Mozilla/5.0,(Linux; Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS; ),PowerShell/7.4.1
Accept-Encoding               : gzip
SdkVersion                    : graph-powershell/2.12.0
client-request-id             : f3b6f49e-1105-4e34-aa88-15bf65417ac

Body:



DEBUG: ============================ HTTP RESPONSE ============================

Status Code:
OK

Headers:
Transfer-Encoding             : chunked
Vary                          : Accept-Encoding
Strict-Transport-Security     : max-age=31536000
request-id                    : 26e79417-78b7-4e26-9a4e-dc2b4e402505
client-request-id             : f3b6f49e-1105-4e34-aa88-15bf65417ace
x-ms-ags-diagnostic           : {"ServerInfo":{"DataCenter":"UK South","Slice":"E","Ring":"3","ScaleUnit":"003","RoleInstance":"LO2PEPF0000040F"}}
x-ms-resource-unit            : 1
OData-Version                 : 4.0
Date                          : Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:25:17 GMT
Cache-Control                 : proxy-revalidate, no-cache
X-SYMC-Transaction-UUID       : 97f74b51c0cb3d2a-000000000e24823c-0000000065ba4a3e
Connection                    : keep-aliv

Body:
{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#directoryObjects/$entity",
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.user",
  "id": "REDACTED",
  "businessPhones": [],
  "displayName": "BLOGGS, Joe",
  "givenName": "REDACTED",
  "jobTitle": "REDACTED",
  "mail": "REDACTED",
  "mobilePhone": null,
  "officeLocation": "REDACTEDl",
  "preferredLanguage": null,
  "surname": "REDACTED",
  "userPrincipalName": "REDACTED"
}



DEBUG: [CmdletEndProcessing]: - Get-MgDirectoryObject end processing.
Id                                   DeletedDateTime
--                                   ---------------
REDACTED

You can see that the attribute values are in the response from the API but that the cmdlet will not expose them. I know this may potentially be covered by the following in the documentation/help:

BODYPARAMETER <IPathsG5Xp0HDirectoryobjectsMicrosoftGraphGetbyidsPostRequestbodyContentApplicationJsonSchema>: . [(Any) <Object>]: This indicates any property can be added to this object. [Ids <String[]>]: [Types <String[]>]:

However there isn't a clear example and the documentation here is very poor.

Module Version

ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ---------- ----                                ----------------
Script     2.12.0                Microsoft.Graph.Applications        {Add-MgApplicationKey, Add-MgApplicationPassword, Add-MgServicePrincipalKey, Add-MgServicePrincipalPassword…}
Script     2.12.0                Microsoft.Graph.Authentication      {Add-MgEnvironment, Connect-MgGraph, Disconnect-MgGraph, Get-MgContext…}
Script     2.12.0                Microsoft.Graph.Beta.DirectoryObje… {Confirm-MgBetaDirectoryObjectMemberGroup, Confirm-MgBetaDirectoryObjectMemberObject, Get-MgBetaDirectoryObject, Get-MgBetaDirectoryObjectB…
Script     2.12.0                Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Identity.Gove… {Add-MgBetaAccessReviewDecision, Add-MgBetaAccessReviewInstanceDecision, Add-MgBetaIdentityGovernanceAccessReviewDecisionInstanceDecision, …
Script     2.12.0                Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Identity.Sign… {Confirm-MgBetaInformationProtectionSignature, Confirm-MgBetaRiskyServicePrincipalCompromised, Confirm-MgBetaRiskyUserCompromised, Find-MgB…
Script     2.12.0                Microsoft.Graph.DirectoryObjects    {Confirm-MgDirectoryObjectMemberGroup, Confirm-MgDirectoryObjectMemberObject, Get-MgDirectoryObject, Get-MgDirectoryObjectAvailableExtensio…

Environment Data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.4.1
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.4.1
OS                             Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0