Management Groups

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The Azure Management Groups API enables consolidation of multiple subscriptions/resources into an organizational hierarchy and centrally manage access control, policies, alerting and reporting for those resources.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET ManagementGroups_List

List management groups for the authenticated user.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups?$skiptoken=example&api-version=v1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups?$skiptoken=example&api-version=v1"

import requests
params = {
    "$skiptoken": "example",
    "api-version": "v1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups');
url.searchParams.set('$skiptoken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('api-version', 'v1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("$skiptoken", "example")
	q.Set("api-version", "v1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "$skiptoken" => "example",
  "api-version" => "v1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups?" . http_build_query([
    "$skiptoken" => "example",
    "api-version" => "v1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Operations_List

Lists all of the available management REST API operations.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/operations?api-version=v1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/operations?api-version=v1"

import requests
params = {
    "api-version": "v1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/operations",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/operations');
url.searchParams.set('api-version', 'v1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/operations")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("api-version", "v1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/operations")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "api-version" => "v1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/operations?" . http_build_query([
    "api-version" => "v1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET ManagementGroups_Get

Get the details of the management group.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/{groupId}?$expand=children&$recurse=true&api-version=v1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/{groupId}?$expand=children&$recurse=true&api-version=v1"

import requests
params = {
    "$expand": "children",
    "$recurse": "true",
    "api-version": "v1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/{groupId}",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/{groupId}');
url.searchParams.set('$expand', 'children');
url.searchParams.set('$recurse', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('api-version', 'v1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/{groupId}")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("$expand", "children")
	q.Set("$recurse", "true")
	q.Set("api-version", "v1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/{groupId}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "$expand" => "children",
  "$recurse" => "true",
  "api-version" => "v1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/azure.com/resources-management/2017-08-31-preview/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/{groupId}?" . http_build_query([
    "$expand" => "children",
    "$recurse" => "true",
    "api-version" => "v1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with Management Groups?

Management Groups is a Cloud API. Developers commonly use cloud APIs for:

provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure
automating deployments and container orchestration
monitoring uptime and performance metrics
managing storage buckets and databases
setting up auto-scaling and load balancing

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Management Groups is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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