Small Tricks and Tips – Microsoft 365 administration – Updating usage report settings – how to show / display concealed user, group, and site names in all reports – showing details in usage reports in readable format using Microsoft GRAPH APIs

fig : Microsoft 365 - Graph Explorer - Updating usage report setting with "PATCH" method
fig : Microsoft 365 - Graph Explorer - Updating usage report setting with "PATCH" method

Hi All,

Greetings for the day!!!

Background / Details

Scenario for using Graph APIs for getting and updating Microsoft 365 usage reports

  • To quickly verify the setting. For example you no need to login to Microsoft 365 admin center and navigate to “Report” settings
  • Easiest way is to navigate to Graph Explorer and use graph APIhttps://graph.microsoft.com/beta/admin/reportSettings
  • Sometime we dont have Global administrator available. So Global Administrator can assign role in Azure AD admin center to other users to read the setting for some time as
fig : Microsoft 365 - Azure Active Directory Admin Center - assigning role to user - Reports Reader
fig : Microsoft 365 – Azure Active Directory Admin Center – assigning role to user – Reports Reader
  • How to assign roles to users – I’ll cover in seperate article
  • So here, “Reports Reader” role is assigned to user – “knowledgejunction@knowledgejunction1.onmicrosoft.com” user
  • Now we no more require to have “Global Administrator” role

Steps to view settings – display concealed user, group, and site names for Microsoft 365 usage reports

fig : Microsoft 365 - Graph Explorer - logged in with user having only "Reports Reader" rights
fig : Microsoft 365 – Graph Explorer – logged in with user having only “Reports Reader” rights
fig : Microsoft 365 - Graph Explorer - Getting the Microsoft 365 admin usage report settings - Display concealed user, groups and site names in all reports
fig : Microsoft 365 – Graph Explorer – Getting the Microsoft 365 admin usage report settings – Display concealed user, groups and site names in all reports
fig : Microsoft 365 admin center- Usage reports setting - Display concealed user, groups and site names in all reports
fig : Microsoft 365 admin center- Usage reports setting – Display concealed user, groups and site names in all reports

Steps to Update settings – display concealed user, group, and site names for Microsoft 365 usage reports

fig : Microsoft 365 - Graph Explorer - Updating usage report setting with "PATCH" method
fig : Microsoft 365 – Graph Explorer – Updating usage report setting with “PATCH” method
  • After updating settings using Graph Explorer lets verify from Microsoft 365 admin center
fig : Microsoft 365 admin center- Usage reports setting - Display concealed user, groups and site names in all reports - after updating setting through Graph Explorer
fig : Microsoft 365 admin center- Usage reports setting – Display concealed user, groups and site names in all reports – after updating setting through Graph Explorer

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Thanks for reading !!! HAVE A FANTASTIC LEARNING AHEAD!!!

Prasham Sabadra

LIFE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL :) ENJOY THE WHOLE JOURNEY :) Founder of Knowledge Junction and live-beautiful-life.com, Author, Learner, Passionate Techie, avid reader. Certified Professional Workshop Facilitator / Public Speaker. Scrum Foundation Professional certificated. Motivational, Behavioral , Technical speaker. Speaks in various events including SharePoint Saturdays, Boot camps, Collages / Schools, local chapter. Can reach me for Microsoft 365, Azure, DevOps, SharePoint, Teams, Power Platform, JavaScript.

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