# Microsoft Active Directory

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-active-directory/  
**Website:** https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/  
**APIs profiled:** 8

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.

## Kin Score — 33.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 33.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 72.2 |
| Contract Quality | 55.2 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 19.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (8)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Microsoft Active Directory Agentic Access** — 22 operations · 10 acting

## Security (3)

- **Microsoft Active Directory Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Microsoft Active Directory Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Microsoft Active Directory Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Microsoft Active Directory Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Authentication, Authorization, Directory Services, Enterprise, Identity, LDAP, Windows

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-active-directory/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.