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Create policy

Namespace: microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates

Important

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Create a new Windows update policy object.

You can use this method with the following child object types: driverUpdatePolicy, featureUpdatePolicy, and qualityUpdatePolicy.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Important

For delegated access using work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be an owner or member of the group or be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role that grants the permissions required for this operation. Intune Administrator, or Windows Update Deployment Administrator are the least privileged roles supported for this operation.

HTTP request

POST /admin/windows/updates/policies

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 policy object.

Because policy is abstract, specify the concrete type in the @odata.type property. Supported values include #microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.driverUpdatePolicy, #microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.featureUpdatePolicy, and #microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.qualityUpdatePolicy.

You can specify the following properties when you create a policy.

Property Type Description
approvalRules microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.approvalRule collection The approved rule of the policy that determines which published content matches the rule on an ongoing basis. Required.
description String The policy description. The maximum length is 1,500 characters. Required.
displayName String The policy display name. The maximum length is 200 characters. Required.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.policy object in the response body.

Examples

Request

The following example shows how to create a driver and firmware update policy.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/admin/windows/updates/policies
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.driverUpdatePolicy",
  "displayName": "Contoso driver policy",
  "description": "Driver and firmware updates for managed devices",
  "approvalRules": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.driverUpdateApprovalRule",
      "deferralInDays": 7
    }
  ]
}

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.windowsUpdates.driverUpdatePolicy",
  "approvalRules": [
    {
      "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.windowsUpdates.driverUpdateApprovalRule",
      "deferralInDays": 7
    }
  ],
  "createdDateTime": "2026-09-28T10:00:00Z",
  "description": "Driver and firmware updates for managed devices",
  "displayName": "Contoso driver policy",
  "id": "11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2026-09-28T10:00:00Z"
}
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