Microsoft Active Directory · OAuth Scopes

Microsoft Active Directory OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 derived

Microsoft Active Directory publishes 11 OAuth 2.0 scopes via the authorizationCode and clientCredentials flows. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the Microsoft Active Directory API on a user’s behalf.

Tokens are issued from https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/token.

This index is generated from the provider’s OpenAPI security definitions (and, where available, its documented scope reference) and refreshes on every APIs.io network build. Browse every provider’s scopes at scopes.apis.io.

Active DirectoryAuthenticationAuthorizationDirectory ServicesIdentity ManagementMicrosoft EntraZero Trust

Scopes: 11 Flows: authorizationCode, clientCredentials Method: derived

OAuth endpoints

Authorization URL
https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/authorize

Token URL
https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/token

Flows
authorizationCodeclientCredentials

Scopes (11)

Scope	Description	Flows
Application.Read.All	Read all applications	authorizationCode, clientCredentials
Application.ReadWrite.All	Read and write all applications	authorizationCode, clientCredentials
Directory.Read.All	Read directory data	authorizationCode, clientCredentials
Directory.ReadWrite.All	Read and write directory data	authorizationCode, clientCredentials
Group.Read.All	Read all groups	authorizationCode, clientCredentials
Group.ReadWrite.All	Read and write all groups	authorizationCode, clientCredentials
User.Read	Read signed-in user's profile	authorizationCode
User.Read.All	Read all users' full profiles	authorizationCode, clientCredentials
User.ReadBasic.All	Read all users' basic profiles	authorizationCode
User.ReadWrite	Read and write signed-in user's profile	authorizationCode
User.ReadWrite.All	Read and write all users' full profiles	authorizationCode, clientCredentials

📄 Provider scope reference:

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/active-directory-applications-openapi.yaml, openapi/active-directory-groups-openapi.yaml,
  openapi/active-directory-users-openapi.yaml
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  source: openapi/active-directory-applications-openapi.yaml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/token
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/token
- name: oauth2
  source: openapi/active-directory-groups-openapi.yaml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/token
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/token
  description: OAuth2 with Microsoft identity platform (Azure AD)
- name: oauth2
  source: openapi/active-directory-users-openapi.yaml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/token
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/token
  description: OAuth2 with Microsoft identity platform (Azure AD)
scopes:
- scope: Application.Read.All
  description: Read all applications
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
  sources:
  - openapi/active-directory-applications-openapi.yaml
- scope: Application.ReadWrite.All
  description: Read and write all applications
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
  sources:
  - openapi/active-directory-applications-openapi.yaml
- scope: Directory.Read.All
  description: Read directory data
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
  sources:
  - openapi/active-directory-applications-openapi.yaml
  - openapi/active-directory-groups-openapi.yaml
  - openapi/active-directory-users-openapi.yaml
- scope: Directory.ReadWrite.All
  description: Read and write directory data
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
  sources:
  - openapi/active-directory-groups-openapi.yaml
  - openapi/active-directory-users-openapi.yaml
- scope: Group.Read.All
  description: Read all groups
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
  sources:
  - openapi/active-directory-groups-openapi.yaml
- scope: Group.ReadWrite.All
  description: Read and write all groups
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
  sources:
  - openapi/active-directory-groups-openapi.yaml
- scope: User.Read
  description: Read signed-in user's profile
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/active-directory-users-openapi.yaml
- scope: User.Read.All
  description: Read all users' full profiles
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
  sources:
  - openapi/active-directory-users-openapi.yaml
- scope: User.ReadBasic.All
  description: Read all users' basic profiles
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/active-directory-users-openapi.yaml
- scope: User.ReadWrite
  description: Read and write signed-in user's profile
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/active-directory-users-openapi.yaml
- scope: User.ReadWrite.All
  description: Read and write all users' full profiles
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
  sources:
  - openapi/active-directory-users-openapi.yaml