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Contacts.Read

Allows the app to read user contacts.

Administrators can configure application access policy to limit app access to specific mailboxes and not to all the mailboxes in the organization, even if the app has been granted the Contacts.Read application permission.

Merill's Note

For an app to access data in Microsoft Graph, the user or administrator must grant it the permissions it needs. This article lists all the Microsoft Graph APIs and your tenant data that can be accessed by the application (vendor/developer) if you consent to the Contacts.Read permission.

If you need to create an audit report of the permissions granted to all the apps in your tenant, you can run the Export-MsIdAppConsentGrantReport command. See How To: Run a quick OAuth app audit of your tenant

Category Application Delegated
Identifier 089fe4d0-434a-44c5-8827-41ba8a0b17f5 ff74d97f-43af-4b68-9f2a-b77ee6968c5d
DisplayText Read contacts in all mailboxes Read user contacts
Description Allows the app to read all contacts in all mailboxes without a signed-in user. Allows the app to read user contacts.
AdminConsentRequired Yes No

Graph Methods

API supports delegated access (access on behalf of a user)
API supports app-only access (access without a user)

Methods

Resources

Granting this permission allows the calling application to access (and/or update) the following information in your tenant.

Graph reference: administrativeUnit

Property Type Description
description String An optional description for the administrative unit. Supports $filter (eq, ne, in, startsWith), $search.
displayName String Display name for the administrative unit. Supports $filter (eq, ne, not, ge, le, in, startsWith, and eq on null values), $search, and $orderby.
id String Unique identifier for the administrative unit. Read-only. Supports $filter (eq).
membershipRule String The dynamic membership rule for the administrative unit. For more information about the rules you can use for dynamic administrative units and dynamic groups, see Manage rules for dynamic membership groups in Microsoft Entra ID.
membershipRuleProcessingState String Controls whether the dynamic membership rule is actively processed. Set to On to activate the dynamic membership rule, or Paused to stop updating membership dynamically.
membershipType String Indicates the membership type for the administrative unit. The possible values are: dynamic, assigned. If not set, the default value is null and the default behavior is assigned.
visibility String Controls whether the administrative unit and its members are hidden or public. Can be set to HiddenMembership. If not set, the default value is null and the default behavior is public. When set to HiddenMembership, only members of the administrative unit can list other members of the administrative unit.