UserAuthMethod-External.Read
Allows the app to read the signed-in user's external authentication methods. This does not allow the app to see secret information like passwords, or to sign-in or otherwise use the authentication methods.
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
UserAuthMethod-External.Readpermission.If you need to create an audit report of the permissions granted to all the apps in your tenant, you can run the
Export-MsIdAppConsentGrantReportcommand. See How To: Run a quick OAuth app audit of your tenant
| Category | Application | Delegated |
|---|---|---|
| Identifier | - | d1739827-146b-4f7f-b52c-1c509253aa57 |
| DisplayText | - | Read the signed-in user's external authentication methods |
| Description | - | Allows the app to read the signed-in user's external authentication methods. This does not allow the app to see secret information like passwords, or to sign-in or otherwise use the authentication methods. |
| AdminConsentRequired | Yes | Yes |
Graph Methods
→ API supports delegated access (access on behalf of a user)
→ API supports app-only access (access without a user)
| Methods |
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Resources
Granting this permission allows the calling application to access (and/or update) the following information in your tenant.
Graph reference: externalAuthenticationMethod
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| configurationId | String | A unique identifier used to manage the external auth method within Microsoft Entra ID. |
| createdDateTime | DateTimeOffset | Represents the date and time when an entity was created. Inherited from authenticationMethod. |
| lastUsedDateTime | DateTimeOffset | The date and time the authentication method was last used by the user. Read-only. Optional. This optional value is null if the authentication method doesn't populate it. The timestamp type represents date and time information using ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2014 is 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z. Inherited from authenticationMethod. |
| displayName | String | Custom name given to the registered external authentication method. |
| id | String | The unique identifier for an the authentication method for the user. Inherited from entity. |