Create case management case

Namespace: microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement

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 case object in case management.

Important

You can't use this API to create incidentCase objects. Incident cases are created by the service; API requests can't create new incident cases.

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)	CaseManagement.ReadWrite.All	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	CaseManagement.ReadWrite.All	Not available.

Important

For delegated access using work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role that grants the permissions required for this operation. This API supports the following built-in roles:

Global Reader
Security Reader
Security Operator
Security Administrator

HTTP request

POST /security/caseManagement/cases

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 case object. Include @odata.type to identify a supported derived type. The microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.incidentCase derived type isn't supported for create requests.

When creating a genericCase object, you can specify all its properties except id, createdBy, createdDateTime, lastModifiedBy, and lastModifiedDateTime, which are inherited from caseManagementEntity. The API ignores these properties if you include them in the request body.

Before constructing customFields, call List customFields at /security/caseManagement/caseTypeConfigurations/genericCase/customFields. Use each definition's displayName, not its id, as the dynamic property name. The name must match exactly one definition. Each dynamic value must be an object that includes the mapped concrete @odata.type and the corresponding value, values, or valueDateTime property from the custom field value mapping; bare values aren't supported.

Property	Type	Description
assignedTo	String	The user assigned to the generic case. Optional.
closingNotes	String	Notes recorded when the generic case is closed. Optional.
customFields	microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldValues	Tenant-defined custom field values keyed by the exact displayName of each custom field definition. Optional.
description	String	The description of the generic case. Optional.
displayName	String	The display name of the resource. Required.
dueDateTime	DateTimeOffset	The target completion date and time for the generic case. Optional.
priority	String	The priority assigned to the generic case. Possible values are: `veryLow`, `low`, `medium`, `high`, and `critical`. Optional.
status	String	The tenant-defined lifecycle status of the generic case. Use a displayName value returned in the status tree by List statuses from `/security/caseManagement/caseTypeConfigurations/genericCase/statuses`. Required.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.case object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/security/caseManagement/cases
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.genericCase",
  "displayName": "Security Breach Investigation",
  "status": "active",
  "description": "Investigating potential credential compromise.",
  "assignedTo": "john.doe@contoso.com",
  "priority": "high",
  "customFields": {
    "Customer impact": {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldStringValue",
      "value": "Executive mailbox affected"
    },
    "Affected users": {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldNumberValue",
      "value": 12
    },
    "Review date": {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldDateTimeValue",
      "valueDateTime": "2026-06-15T09:00:00Z"
    },
    "Affected services": {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldOptionsValue",
      "values": [
        "Exchange Online",
        "Microsoft Teams"
      ]
    }
  }
}


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

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

var requestBody = new GenericCase
{
	OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.genericCase",
	DisplayName = "Security Breach Investigation",
	Status = "active",
	Description = "Investigating potential credential compromise.",
	AssignedTo = "john.doe@contoso.com",
	Priority = "high",
	CustomFields = new CustomFieldValues
	{
		AdditionalData = new Dictionary<string, object>
		{
			{
				"customerImpact" , new CustomFieldStringValue
				{
					OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldStringValue",
					Value = "Executive mailbox affected",
				}
			},
		},
	},
};

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

requestBody := graphmodelssecuritycasemanagement.NewCase()
displayName := "Security Breach Investigation"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
status := "active"
requestBody.SetStatus(&status) 
description := "Investigating potential credential compromise."
requestBody.SetDescription(&description) 
assignedTo := "john.doe@contoso.com"
requestBody.SetAssignedTo(&assignedTo) 
priority := "high"
requestBody.SetPriority(&priority) 
customFields := graphmodelssecuritycasemanagement.NewCustomFieldValues()
additionalData := map[string]interface{}{
customerImpact := graphmodelssecuritycasemanagement.NewCustomFieldStringValue()
value := "Executive mailbox affected"
customerImpact.SetValue(&value) 
	customFields.SetCustomerImpact(customerImpact)
}
customFields.SetAdditionalData(additionalData)
requestBody.SetCustomFields(customFields)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
cases, err := graphClient.Security().CaseManagement().Cases().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.models.security.casemanagement.GenericCase caseEscaped = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.security.casemanagement.GenericCase();
caseEscaped.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.genericCase");
caseEscaped.setDisplayName("Security Breach Investigation");
caseEscaped.setStatus("active");
caseEscaped.setDescription("Investigating potential credential compromise.");
caseEscaped.setAssignedTo("john.doe@contoso.com");
caseEscaped.setPriority("high");
com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.security.casemanagement.CustomFieldValues customFields = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.security.casemanagement.CustomFieldValues();
HashMap<String, Object> additionalData = new HashMap<String, Object>();
com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.security.casemanagement.CustomFieldStringValue customerImpact = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.security.casemanagement.CustomFieldStringValue();
customerImpact.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldStringValue");
customerImpact.setValue("Executive mailbox affected");
additionalData.put("customerImpact", customerImpact);
customFields.setAdditionalData(additionalData);
caseEscaped.setCustomFields(customFields);
com.microsoft.graph.models.security.casemanagement.Case result = graphClient.security().caseManagement().cases().post(caseEscaped);

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 _case = {
  '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.genericCase',
  displayName: 'Security Breach Investigation',
  status: 'active',
  description: 'Investigating potential credential compromise.',
  assignedTo: 'john.doe@contoso.com',
  priority: 'high',
  customFields: {
    customerImpact: {
      '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldStringValue',
      value: 'Executive mailbox affected'
    }
  }
};

await client.api('/security/caseManagement/cases')
	.version('beta')
	.post(_case);

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\Security\CaseManagement\GenericCase;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\Security\CaseManagement\CustomFieldValues;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\Security\CaseManagement\CustomFieldStringValue;


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

$requestBody = new GenericCase();
$requestBody->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.genericCase');
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Security Breach Investigation');
$requestBody->setStatus('active');
$requestBody->setDescription('Investigating potential credential compromise.');
$requestBody->setAssignedTo('john.doe@contoso.com');
$requestBody->setPriority('high');
$customFields = new CustomFieldValues();
$additionalData = [
	'customerImpact' => [
		'@odata.type' => '#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldStringValue',
		'value' => 'Executive mailbox affected',
	],
];
$customFields->setAdditionalData($additionalData);
$requestBody->setCustomFields($customFields);

$result = $graphServiceClient->security()->caseManagement()->cases()->post($requestBody)->wait();

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.security.case_management.generic_case import GenericCase
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.security.case_management.custom_field_values import CustomFieldValues
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.security.case_management.custom_field_string_value import CustomFieldStringValue
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = GenericCase(
	odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.genericCase",
	display_name = "Security Breach Investigation",
	status = "active",
	description = "Investigating potential credential compromise.",
	assigned_to = "john.doe@contoso.com",
	priority = "high",
	custom_fields = CustomFieldValues(
		additional_data = {
				"customer_impact" : {
						"@odata_type" : "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldStringValue",
						"value" : "Executive mailbox affected",
				},
		}
	),
)

result = await graph_client.security.case_management.cases.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.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.genericCase",
  "id": "987757fb-6ef4-1061-17e7-9de0d088e1dd",
  "createdDateTime": "2026-06-01T10:00:00Z",
  "createdBy": "john.doe@contoso.com",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2026-06-01T10:00:00Z",
  "lastModifiedBy": "john.doe@contoso.com",
  "displayName": "Security Breach Investigation",
  "status": "active",
  "description": "Investigating potential credential compromise.",
  "assignedTo": "john.doe@contoso.com",
  "priority": "high",
  "customFields": {
    "Customer impact": {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldStringValue",
      "value": "Executive mailbox affected"
    },
    "Affected users": {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldNumberValue",
      "value": 12
    },
    "Review date": {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldDateTimeValue",
      "valueDateTime": "2026-06-15T09:00:00Z"
    },
    "Affected services": {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.security.caseManagement.customFieldOptionsValue",
      "values": [
        "Exchange Online",
        "Microsoft Teams"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Last updated on 2026-08-20

Create case management case

Permissions

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

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Response

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