Small Tips and Tricks : Microsoft Graph Explorer – Resolving error – AADSTS50105 – Your administrator has configured the application Graph Explorer (”) to block users unless they are specifically granted (‘assigned’) access to the application

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Tip : Quickly resolving error while login to Microsoft Graph Explorer – AADSTS50105 – Your administrator has configured the application Graph Explorer (”) to block users unless they are specifically granted (‘assigned’) access to the application

Background :

• We need to test several Graph API queries
• So best option we have to Graph API queries is – Microsoft Graph Explorer
• We have opened the Graph Explorer – https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/graph-explorer
• By default Graph Explorer logins with dummy account – “Megan Bown” as

• As I am trying to sign in with my account I am getting an following error

Issue :

AADSTS50105 – Your administrator has configured the application Graph Explorer (”) to block users unless they are specifically granted (‘assigned’) access to the application

The signed in user ‘prasham@knowledgejunction1.onmicrosoft.com’ is blocked because they are not a direct member of a group with access, nor had access directly assigned by an administrator.

Please contact your administrator to assign access to this application

Cause of an error / Issue :

• User don’t have an permission to access the application in Azure AD
• This means my user don’t have permission to “Microsoft Graph Explorer” application in Azure AD
• User must be the part of group which is assigned to this application or directly assigned for this application in Azure AD

Solution :

• We need to navigate to Azure Active Directory admin center and assign the user to the respective application
• We have very detailed article on how to assign user / group to our application in Azure AD admin center. Azure Active Directory admin center – How to assign users and groups to app-roles for your application – https://knowledge-junction.in/2022/08/17/azure-active-directory-admin-center-how-to-assign-users-and-groups-to-app-roles-for-your-application/
• Follow the steps to assign user to application in Azure AD admin center
• One we could assign permissions successfully, this error is resolved
• I could successfully login to Graph Explorer as

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