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Microsoft Active Directory

Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is a directory service developed by Microsoft for Windows domain networks. It provides authentication and authorization services, centralized domain management, and directory services.

Microsoft Active Directory publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Applications API, Directory Roles API, Groups API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Authentication, Authorization, Directory Services, Enterprise, and Identity.

Microsoft Active Directory’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, support, and 8 more developer resources.

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40.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
8 APIs
AuthenticationAuthorizationDirectory ServicesEnterpriseIdentityLdapWindows

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 40.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality 12.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.2 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

LDAP Protocol Interface

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol interface for querying and modifying Active Directory.

PowerShell Active Directory Module

PowerShell cmdlets for managing Active Directory Domain Services.

Azure AD Graph API (Deprecated)

Legacy REST API for Azure Active Directory (being replaced by Microsoft Graph).

Microsoft Active Directory Applications API

The Applications API from Microsoft Active Directory — 2 operation(s) for applications.

Microsoft Active Directory Directory Roles API

The Directory Roles API from Microsoft Active Directory — 2 operation(s) for directory roles.

Microsoft Active Directory Groups API

The Groups API from Microsoft Active Directory — 4 operation(s) for groups.

Microsoft Active Directory Service Principals API

The Service Principals API from Microsoft Active Directory — 2 operation(s) for service principals.

Microsoft Active Directory Users API

The Users API from Microsoft Active Directory — 3 operation(s) for users.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Microsoft Active Directory (via Microsoft Graph)

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Microsoft Active Directory Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Active Directory Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Microsoft Active Directory Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Microsoft Active Directory Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Microsoft Active Directory Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Microsoft Active Directory Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Microsoft Active Directory Scopes

9 scopes · authorizationCode/clientCredentials

9 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Microsoft Active Directory Agentic Access

22 operations · 10 acting

22 operations · 10 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Service Status
Service Status
 Support
Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Microsoft Active Directory
description: Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is a directory service developed by Microsoft for Windows domain networks. It
  provides authentication and authorization services, centralized domain management, and directory services.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/media/active-directory-domain-services.png
created: '2024'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.18'
url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/
tags:
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Directory Services
- Enterprise
- Identity
- Ldap
- Windows
apis:
- name: LDAP Protocol Interface
  description: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol interface for querying and modifying Active Directory.
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/ldap/lightweight-directory-access-protocol-ldap-api
  baseURL: ldap://[domain-controller]:389
  tags:
  - Directory
  - Ldap
  - Protocol
  - Queries
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/ad/active-directory-ldap
  - type: Protocol Specification
    url: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4511
  - type: Examples
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/ad/example-code-for-searching-active-directory
- name: PowerShell Active Directory Module
  description: PowerShell cmdlets for managing Active Directory Domain Services.
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/activedirectory/
  tags:
  - Administration
  - Automation
  - Powershell
  - Scripting
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/activedirectory/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/activedirectory/get-aduser
  - type: Examples
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/samples/sample-scripts-for-administration
- name: Azure AD Graph API (Deprecated)
  description: Legacy REST API for Azure Active Directory (being replaced by Microsoft Graph).
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/azure/ad/graph/
  baseURL: https://graph.windows.net
  tags:
  - Azure
  - Deprecated
  - Legacy
  - Rest
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/azure/ad/graph/api/api-catalog
  - type: Migration Guide
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/migrate-azure-ad-graph-overview
  - type: Deprecation Notice
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/migrate-azure-ad-graph-overview
- aid: microsoft-active-directory:microsoft-active-directory-applications-api
  name: Microsoft Active Directory Applications API
  description: The Applications API from Microsoft Active Directory — 2 operation(s) for applications.
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/overview
  baseURL: https://graph.microsoft.com
  tags:
  - Applications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-active-directory-applications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/overview
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/auth/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/sdks-overview
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/active-directory/
- aid: microsoft-active-directory:microsoft-active-directory-directory-roles-api
  name: Microsoft Active Directory Directory Roles API
  description: The Directory Roles API from Microsoft Active Directory — 2 operation(s) for directory roles.
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/overview
  baseURL: https://graph.microsoft.com
  tags:
  - Directory Roles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-active-directory-directory-roles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/overview
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/auth/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/sdks-overview
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/active-directory/
- aid: microsoft-active-directory:microsoft-active-directory-groups-api
  name: Microsoft Active Directory Groups API
  description: The Groups API from Microsoft Active Directory — 4 operation(s) for groups.
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/overview
  baseURL: https://graph.microsoft.com
  tags:
  - Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-active-directory-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/overview
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/auth/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/sdks-overview
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/active-directory/
- aid: microsoft-active-directory:microsoft-active-directory-service-principals-api
  name: Microsoft Active Directory Service Principals API
  description: The Service Principals API from Microsoft Active Directory — 2 operation(s) for service principals.
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/overview
  baseURL: https://graph.microsoft.com
  tags:
  - Service Principals
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-active-directory-service-principals-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/overview
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/auth/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/sdks-overview
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/active-directory/
- aid: microsoft-active-directory:microsoft-active-directory-users-api
  name: Microsoft Active Directory Users API
  description: The Users API from Microsoft Active Directory — 3 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/overview
  baseURL: https://graph.microsoft.com
  tags:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-active-directory-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/overview
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/auth/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/sdks-overview
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/active-directory/
maintainers:
- FN: Microsoft Corporation
  email: support@microsoft.com
  url: https://www.microsoft.com
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-active-directory-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/microsoft-active-directory-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-active-directory-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-active-directory-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/microsoft-active-directory-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/microsoft
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servicesagreement
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Service Status
  url: https://status.azure.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-azure-ad-blog/bg-p/Identity
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server