// graph-permissions · Contacts

Contacts.ReadWrite.SharedMicrosoft Graph permission · Medium risk

Allows the app to create, read, update, and delete contacts a user has permissions to, including their own and shared contacts.

Delegated permission

Medium risk

Read and write user and shared contacts. Allows the app to create, read, update, and delete contacts a user has permissions to, including their own and shared contacts.

ID	`afb6c84b-06be-49af-80bb-8f3f77004eab`
Consent	Users can consent, if your consent settings allow it
Risk	Reads or changes the signed-in user's content, limited to what that user can access.

Ask for it when signing in

Delegated permissions act as the signed-in user, so the app can never do more than that user can.

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Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Contacts.ReadWrite.Shared"

Which apps already have it?

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6# Apps with delegated consent for Contacts.ReadWrite.Shared
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Application.Read.All", "Directory.Read.All"
$graph = Get-MgServicePrincipal -Filter "appId eq '00000003-0000-0000-c000-000000000000'"
Get-MgOauth2PermissionGrant -All |
    Where-Object { $_.ResourceId -eq $graph.Id -and ($_.Scope -split " ") -contains "Contacts.ReadWrite.Shared" } |
    Select-Object ClientId, ConsentType, PrincipalId

Other Contacts permissions

Check every app in your tenant → Permission explainer

Sources

Microsoft Learn: Microsoft Graph permissions reference