Create hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice

2025-07-03

Namespace: microsoft.graph

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.

Create a new hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice object. This API supports two scenarios:

Create the new hardware token without assigning to a user. You can then assign to a user.
Create and assign a hardware token to a user in the same request.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

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
Delegated (work or school account)	Policy.ReadWrite.AuthenticationMethod	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Policy.ReadWrite.AuthenticationMethod	Not available.

Important

When using delegated permissions with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must have an appropriate Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with the necessary permissions. The least privileged built-in role required for this operation is Authentication Policy Administrator.

To create and assign a hardware OATH token to a user in a single request, the signed-in user must also have:

The UserAuthenticationMethod.ReadWrite.All delegated permission.
Either Authentication Administrator (least privileged role for assigning hardware tokens to nonadmin users) or Privileged Authentication Administrator (least privileged role for assigning hardware tokens to admin users) role.

HTTP request

POST /directory/authenticationMethodDevices/hardwareOathDevices

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 hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice object.

You can specify the following properties when creating a hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.

Property	Type	Description
serialNumber	String	Serial number of the specific hardware token, often found on the back of the device. Required.
manufacturer	String	Manufacturer name of the hardware token. Required.
model	String	Model name of the hardware token. Required.
secretKey	String	Secret key of the specific hardware token, provided by the vendor. Required.
timeIntervalInSeconds	Int32	Refresh interval of the six-digit verification code, in seconds. The possible values are: 30 or 60. Required.
hashFunction	hardwareOathTokenHashFunction	Hash function of the hardware token. The possible values are: `hmacsha1` or `hmacsha256`. Default value is: `hmacsha1`. Optional.
assignTo	identity	User ID if you want to directly assign the token to a user. Optional.
displayName	String	Name that can be provided to the Hardware OATH token. Optional.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Create a token without user assignment

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directory/authenticationMethodDevices/hardwareOathDevices
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "Token 1",
  "serialNumber": "TOTP123456",
  "manufacturer": "Contoso",
  "model": "Hardware Token 1000",
  "secretKey": "6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB",
  "timeIntervalInSeconds": 30,
  "hashFunction": "hmacsha1"
}


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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice
{
	DisplayName = "Token 1",
	SerialNumber = "TOTP123456",
	Manufacturer = "Contoso",
	Model = "Hardware Token 1000",
	SecretKey = "6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB",
	TimeIntervalInSeconds = 30,
	HashFunction = HardwareOathTokenHashFunction.Hmacsha1,
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Directory.AuthenticationMethodDevices.HardwareOathDevices.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"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewHardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice()
displayName := "Token 1"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
serialNumber := "TOTP123456"
requestBody.SetSerialNumber(&serialNumber) 
manufacturer := "Contoso"
requestBody.SetManufacturer(&manufacturer) 
model := "Hardware Token 1000"
requestBody.SetModel(&model) 
secretKey := "6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB"
requestBody.SetSecretKey(&secretKey) 
timeIntervalInSeconds := int32(30)
requestBody.SetTimeIntervalInSeconds(&timeIntervalInSeconds) 
hashFunction := graphmodels.HMACSHA1_HARDWAREOATHTOKENHASHFUNCTION 
requestBody.SetHashFunction(&hashFunction) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
hardwareOathDevices, err := graphClient.Directory().AuthenticationMethodDevices().HardwareOathDevices().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);

HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice = new HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice();
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setDisplayName("Token 1");
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setSerialNumber("TOTP123456");
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setManufacturer("Contoso");
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setModel("Hardware Token 1000");
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setSecretKey("6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB");
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setTimeIntervalInSeconds(30);
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setHashFunction(HardwareOathTokenHashFunction.Hmacsha1);
HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice result = graphClient.directory().authenticationMethodDevices().hardwareOathDevices().post(hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice);

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 hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice = {
  displayName: 'Token 1',
  serialNumber: 'TOTP123456',
  manufacturer: 'Contoso',
  model: 'Hardware Token 1000',
  secretKey: '6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB',
  timeIntervalInSeconds: 30,
  hashFunction: 'hmacsha1'
};

await client.api('/directory/authenticationMethodDevices/hardwareOathDevices')
	.version('beta')
	.post(hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice);

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\Models\HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\HardwareOathTokenHashFunction;


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

$requestBody = new HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Token 1');
$requestBody->setSerialNumber('TOTP123456');
$requestBody->setManufacturer('Contoso');
$requestBody->setModel('Hardware Token 1000');
$requestBody->setSecretKey('6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB');
$requestBody->setTimeIntervalInSeconds(30);
$requestBody->setHashFunction(new HardwareOathTokenHashFunction('hmacsha1'));

$result = $graphServiceClient->directory()->authenticationMethodDevices()->hardwareOathDevices()->post($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.Identity.DirectoryManagement

$params = @{
	displayName = "Token 1"
	serialNumber = "TOTP123456"
	manufacturer = "Contoso"
	model = "Hardware Token 1000"
	secretKey = "6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB"
	timeIntervalInSeconds = 30
	hashFunction = "hmacsha1"
}

New-MgBetaDirectoryAuthenticationMethodDeviceHardwareOathDevice -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.models.hardware_oath_token_authentication_method_device import HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.hardware_oath_token_hash_function import HardwareOathTokenHashFunction
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice(
	display_name = "Token 1",
	serial_number = "TOTP123456",
	manufacturer = "Contoso",
	model = "Hardware Token 1000",
	secret_key = "6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB",
	time_interval_in_seconds = 30,
	hash_function = HardwareOathTokenHashFunction.Hmacsha1,
)

result = await graph_client.directory.authentication_method_devices.hardware_oath_devices.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/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice",
  "id": "9b037532-f999-1ed9-13fd-849ffb995e11",
  "displayName": "Token 1",
  "serialNumber": "TOTP123456",
  "manufacturer": "Contoso",
  "model": "Hardware Token 1000",
  "secretKey": null,
  "timeIntervalInSeconds": 30,
  "status": "available",
  "lastUsedDateTime": null,
  "assignedTo": null,
  "hashFunction": "hmacsha1"
}

Example 2: Create a token and assign it to a user

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/directory/authenticationMethodDevices/hardwareOathDevices
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "Token 1",
  "serialNumber": "TOTP123456",
  "manufacturer": "Contoso",
  "model": "Hardware Token 1000",
  "secretKey": "6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB",
  "timeIntervalInSeconds": 30,
  "hashFunction": "hmacsha1",
  "assignTo": {
    "id": "0cadbf92-####-####-####-############"
    }
}


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

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice
{
	DisplayName = "Token 1",
	SerialNumber = "TOTP123456",
	Manufacturer = "Contoso",
	Model = "Hardware Token 1000",
	SecretKey = "6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB",
	TimeIntervalInSeconds = 30,
	HashFunction = HardwareOathTokenHashFunction.Hmacsha1,
	AssignTo = new User
	{
		Id = "0cadbf92-####-####-####-############",
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Directory.AuthenticationMethodDevices.HardwareOathDevices.PostAsync(requestBody);

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 major version. Current major version is $v0.*

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

requestBody := graphmodels.NewHardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice()
displayName := "Token 1"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
serialNumber := "TOTP123456"
requestBody.SetSerialNumber(&serialNumber) 
manufacturer := "Contoso"
requestBody.SetManufacturer(&manufacturer) 
model := "Hardware Token 1000"
requestBody.SetModel(&model) 
secretKey := "6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB"
requestBody.SetSecretKey(&secretKey) 
timeIntervalInSeconds := int32(30)
requestBody.SetTimeIntervalInSeconds(&timeIntervalInSeconds) 
hashFunction := graphmodels.HMACSHA1_HARDWAREOATHTOKENHASHFUNCTION 
requestBody.SetHashFunction(&hashFunction) 
assignTo := graphmodels.NewUser()
id := "0cadbf92-####-####-####-############"
assignTo.SetId(&id) 
requestBody.SetAssignTo(assignTo)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
hardwareOathDevices, err := graphClient.Directory().AuthenticationMethodDevices().HardwareOathDevices().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);

HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice = new HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice();
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setDisplayName("Token 1");
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setSerialNumber("TOTP123456");
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setManufacturer("Contoso");
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setModel("Hardware Token 1000");
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setSecretKey("6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB");
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setTimeIntervalInSeconds(30);
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setHashFunction(HardwareOathTokenHashFunction.Hmacsha1);
User assignTo = new User();
assignTo.setId("0cadbf92-####-####-####-############");
hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice.setAssignTo(assignTo);
HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice result = graphClient.directory().authenticationMethodDevices().hardwareOathDevices().post(hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice);

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 hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice = {
  displayName: 'Token 1',
  serialNumber: 'TOTP123456',
  manufacturer: 'Contoso',
  model: 'Hardware Token 1000',
  secretKey: '6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB',
  timeIntervalInSeconds: 30,
  hashFunction: 'hmacsha1',
  assignTo: {
    id: '0cadbf92-####-####-####-############'
    }
};

await client.api('/directory/authenticationMethodDevices/hardwareOathDevices')
	.version('beta')
	.post(hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice);

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\Models\HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\HardwareOathTokenHashFunction;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\User;


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

$requestBody = new HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Token 1');
$requestBody->setSerialNumber('TOTP123456');
$requestBody->setManufacturer('Contoso');
$requestBody->setModel('Hardware Token 1000');
$requestBody->setSecretKey('6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB');
$requestBody->setTimeIntervalInSeconds(30);
$requestBody->setHashFunction(new HardwareOathTokenHashFunction('hmacsha1'));
$assignTo = new User();
$assignTo->setId('0cadbf92-####-####-####-############');
$requestBody->setAssignTo($assignTo);

$result = $graphServiceClient->directory()->authenticationMethodDevices()->hardwareOathDevices()->post($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.Identity.DirectoryManagement

$params = @{
	displayName = "Token 1"
	serialNumber = "TOTP123456"
	manufacturer = "Contoso"
	model = "Hardware Token 1000"
	secretKey = "6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB"
	timeIntervalInSeconds = 30
	hashFunction = "hmacsha1"
	assignTo = @{
		id = "0cadbf92-####-####-####-############"
	}
}

New-MgBetaDirectoryAuthenticationMethodDeviceHardwareOathDevice -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.models.hardware_oath_token_authentication_method_device import HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.hardware_oath_token_hash_function import HardwareOathTokenHashFunction
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.user import User
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = HardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice(
	display_name = "Token 1",
	serial_number = "TOTP123456",
	manufacturer = "Contoso",
	model = "Hardware Token 1000",
	secret_key = "6PJ4UKIW33NNXYZAEHQNFUFTZF7WFTFB",
	time_interval_in_seconds = 30,
	hash_function = HardwareOathTokenHashFunction.Hmacsha1,
	assign_to = User(
		id = "0cadbf92-####-####-####-############",
	),
)

result = await graph_client.directory.authentication_method_devices.hardware_oath_devices.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/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice",
  "id": "9b037532-f999-1ed9-13fd-849ffb995e11",
  "displayName": "Token 1",
  "serialNumber": "TOTP123456",
  "manufacturer": "Contoso",
  "model": "Hardware Token 1000",
  "secretKey": null,
  "timeIntervalInSeconds": 30,
  "status": "assigned",
  "lastUsedDateTime": null,
  "assignedTo": null,
  "hashFunction": "hmacsha1",
  "assignedTo": {
    "id": "0cadbf92-####-####-####-############",
    "displayName": "Amy Masters"
    }
}

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Create hardwareOathTokenAuthenticationMethodDevice

Permissions

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: Create a token without user assignment

Request

Response

Example 2: Create a token and assign it to a user

Request

Response

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