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
Delegated (work or school account)
Device.Read.All
Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)
Not supported.
Not supported.
Application
Device.Read.All
Directory.Read.All, Directory.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. The following least privileged roles are supported for this operation.
Users
Directory Readers
Directory Writers
Compliance Administrator
Device Managers
Application Administrator
Security Reader
Security Administrator
Privileged Role Administrator
Cloud Application Administrator
Customer LockBox Access Approver
Dynamics 365 Administrator
Power BI Administrator
Desktop Analytics Administrator
Microsoft Managed Desktop Administrator
Teams Communications Administrator
Teams Communications Support Engineer
Teams Communications Support Specialist
Teams Administrator
Compliance Data Administrator
Security Operator
Kaizala Administrator
Global Reader
Directory Reviewer
Windows 365 Administrator
HTTP request
You can address the device using either its id or deviceId.
GET /devices/{id}
GET /devices(deviceId='{deviceId}')
Optional query parameters
This method supports the $selectOData query parameter to help customize the response.
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/devices/000005c3-b7a6-4c61-89fc-80bf5ccfc366
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Devices["{device-id}"].GetAsync();
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
//other-imports
)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
devices, err := graphClient.Devices().ByDeviceId("device-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
Device result = graphClient.devices().byDeviceId("{device-id}").get();
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
result = await graph_client.devices.by_device_id('device-id').get()
GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/devices/6a59ea83-02bd-468f-a40b-f2c3d1821983?$select=id,extensionAttributes
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Devices["{device-id}"].GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Select = new string []{ "id","extensionAttributes" };
});
// 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"
graphdevices "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/devices"
//other-imports
)
requestParameters := &graphdevices.DeviceItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
Select: [] string {"id","extensionAttributes"},
}
configuration := &graphdevices.DeviceItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
devices, err := graphClient.Devices().ByDeviceId("device-id").Get(context.Background(), configuration)
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
Device result = graphClient.devices().byDeviceId("{device-id}").get(requestConfiguration -> {
requestConfiguration.queryParameters.select = new String []{"id", "extensionAttributes"};
});
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.devices.item.device_item_request_builder import DeviceItemRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
query_params = DeviceItemRequestBuilder.DeviceItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
select = ["id","extensionAttributes"],
)
request_configuration = RequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)
result = await graph_client.devices.by_device_id('device-id').get(request_configuration = request_configuration)