Create domain
Namespace: microsoft.graph
Adds a domain to the tenant.
Important: You cannot use an associated domain with your Microsoft Entra tenant until ownership is verified. See List verificationDnsRecords for details. Root domains require verification. For example, contoso.com requires verification. If a root domain is verified, subdomains of the root domain are automatically verified. For example, subdomain.contoso.com is automatically be verified if contoso.com has been verified.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
Global service | US Government L4 | US Government L5 (DOD) | China operated by 21Vianet |
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✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Permissions
Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
Permission type | Least privileged permissions | Higher privileged permissions |
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Delegated (work or school account) | Domain.ReadWrite.All | Not available. |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Not supported. | Not supported. |
Application | Domain.ReadWrite.All | Not available. |
Important
In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. Domain Name Administrator is the least privileged role supported for this operation.
HTTP request
POST /domains
Request headers
Name | Description |
---|---|
Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization. |
Content-Type | application/json |
Request body
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of domain object.
The request body contains the id property for the new domain. Id is the only property that can be specified and it is required. The id property value is the fully qualified domain name to create.
Response
If successful, this method returns 201 Created
response code and domain object in the response body.
Example
Request
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of domain object.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/domains
Content-type: application/json
{
"id": "contoso.com"
}
Response
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json
{
"authenticationType": "authenticationType-value",
"availabilityStatus": "availabilityStatus-value",
"id": "contoso.com",
"isAdminManaged": true,
"isDefault": true,
"isInitial": true,
"isRoot": true
}