identityAccounts: invokeAction

2025-08-20

Namespace: microsoft.graph.security

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Perform actions such as revoking accounts and forcing password reset for identity accounts that are observed in Microsoft Defender for Identity. This action allows reading and performing identity security actions on behalf of the signed-in identity.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	❌

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. 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	Permissions (least privileged listed first)
Delegated (work or school account)	SecurityIdentitiesActions.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	SecurityIdentitiesActions.ReadWrite.All

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. Security Administrator is the least privileged role supported for this operation.

HTTP request

POST /security/identities/identityAccounts/{identityAccountsId}/invokeAction

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the parameters.

The following table lists the parameters that are required when you call this action.

Parameter	Type	Description
accountId	String	The identifier of the account to perform the action on.
action	microsoft.graph.security.action	The type of action to perform on the account. The possible values are: `disable`, `enable`, `forcePasswordReset`, `revokeAllSessions`, `requireUserToSignInAgain`, `markUserAsCompromised`.
identityProvider	microsoft.graph.security.identityProvider	The identity provider associated with the account. The possible values are: `entraID`, `activeDirectory`, `okta`.

The following table shows the identity providers supported for each action value type:

Action Value	Description	Supported identity providers
Disable	Disable account. The account is unable to authenticate. If the account recently logged in, it doesn't have access to resources.	`activeDirectory`, `okta`
Enable	Enable account.	`activeDirectory`, `okta`
ForcePasswordReset	Force password reset of the account.	`activeDirectory`
RevokeAllSessions	Revoke all of active sessions for the account.	`okta`

Response

If successful, this action returns a 200 OK response code and a invokeActionResult in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/identities/identityAccounts/0104216-0539-4838-88b1-55baafdc296b/invokeAction
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "accountId": "256db173-930a-4991-9061-0d51a9a93ba5",
  "action": "disable",
  "identityProvider": "activeDirectory"
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Security.Identities.IdentityAccounts.Item.MicrosoftGraphSecurityInvokeAction;
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models.Security;

var requestBody = new InvokeActionPostRequestBody
{
	AccountId = "256db173-930a-4991-9061-0d51a9a93ba5",
	Action = ActionObject.Disable,
	IdentityProvider = IdentityProvider.ActiveDirectory,
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://free.blessedness.top/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Security.Identities.IdentityAccounts["{identityAccounts-id}"].MicrosoftGraphSecurityInvokeAction.PostAsync(requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphsecurity "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/security"
	  graphmodelssecurity "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models/security"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphsecurity.NewInvokeActionPostRequestBody()
accountId := "256db173-930a-4991-9061-0d51a9a93ba5"
requestBody.SetAccountId(&accountId) 
action := graphmodels.DISABLE_ACTION 
requestBody.SetAction(&action) 
identityProvider := graphmodels.ACTIVEDIRECTORY_IDENTITYPROVIDER 
requestBody.SetIdentityProvider(&identityProvider) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://free.blessedness.top/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
microsoftGraphSecurityInvokeAction, err := graphClient.Security().Identities().IdentityAccounts().ByIdentityAccountsId("identityAccounts-id").MicrosoftGraphSecurityInvokeAction().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.beta.security.identities.identityaccounts.item.microsoftgraphsecurityinvokeaction.InvokeActionPostRequestBody invokeActionPostRequestBody = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.security.identities.identityaccounts.item.microsoftgraphsecurityinvokeaction.InvokeActionPostRequestBody();
invokeActionPostRequestBody.setAccountId("256db173-930a-4991-9061-0d51a9a93ba5");
invokeActionPostRequestBody.setAction(com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.security.Action.Disable);
invokeActionPostRequestBody.setIdentityProvider(com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.security.IdentityProvider.ActiveDirectory);
var result = graphClient.security().identities().identityAccounts().byIdentityAccountsId("{identityAccounts-id}").microsoftGraphSecurityInvokeAction().post(invokeActionPostRequestBody);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const invokeActionResult = {
  accountId: '256db173-930a-4991-9061-0d51a9a93ba5',
  action: 'disable',
  identityProvider: 'activeDirectory'
};

await client.api('/security/identities/identityAccounts/0104216-0539-4838-88b1-55baafdc296b/invokeAction')
	.version('beta')
	.post(invokeActionResult);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Security\Identities\IdentityAccounts\Item\MicrosoftGraphSecurityInvokeAction\InvokeActionPostRequestBody;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\Security\Action;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\Security\IdentityProvider;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new InvokeActionPostRequestBody();
$requestBody->setAccountId('256db173-930a-4991-9061-0d51a9a93ba5');
$requestBody->setAction(new Action('disable'));
$requestBody->setIdentityProvider(new IdentityProvider('activeDirectory'));

$result = $graphServiceClient->security()->identities()->identityAccounts()->byIdentityAccountsId('identityAccounts-id')->microsoftGraphSecurityInvokeAction()->post($requestBody)->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Security

$params = @{
	accountId = "256db173-930a-4991-9061-0d51a9a93ba5"
	action = "disable"
	identityProvider = "activeDirectory"
}

Invoke-MgBetaInvokeSecurityIdentityAccountAction -IdentityAccountsId $identityAccountsId -BodyParameter $params

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.security.identities.identityaccounts.item.microsoft_graph_security_invoke_action.invoke_action_post_request_body import InvokeActionPostRequestBody
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.action import Action
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.identity_provider import IdentityProvider
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://free.blessedness.top/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = InvokeActionPostRequestBody(
	account_id = "256db173-930a-4991-9061-0d51a9a93ba5",
	action = Action.Disable,
	identity_provider = IdentityProvider.ActiveDirectory,
)

result = await graph_client.security.identities.identity_accounts.by_identity_accounts_id('identityAccounts-id').microsoft_graph_security_invoke_action.post(request_body)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "value": 
    {
      "accountId": "256db173-930a-4991-9061-0d51a9a93ba5",
      "action": "disable",
      "provider": "activeDirectory",
      "correlationId": "ed2f052b-2a01-4cd9-acb3-f6145f83e1a5"
    }
}

Note

Actions related to Entra ID are not covered in the current scope.

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