Microsoft Exchange OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 searched

Microsoft Exchange publishes 18 OAuth 2.0 scopes via the clientCredentials and authorizationCode flows. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the Microsoft Exchange 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.

CalendarCollaborationContactsEmailEnterprise

Scopes: 18 Flows: clientCredentials, authorizationCode Method: searched

OAuth endpoints

Authorization URL
https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize

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

Flows
clientCredentialsauthorizationCode

Scopes (18)

Scope	Description	Flows
Calendars.Read	Read user calendars	authorizationCode
Calendars.Read.Shared	Read shared calendars	authorizationCode
Calendars.ReadWrite	Read and write access to user calendars	authorizationCode
Calendars.ReadWrite.Shared	Read and write shared calendars	authorizationCode
Contacts.Read	Read user contacts	authorizationCode
Contacts.Read.Shared	Read shared contacts	authorizationCode
Contacts.ReadWrite	Read and write user contacts	authorizationCode
Contacts.ReadWrite.Shared	Read and write shared contacts	authorizationCode
Mail.Read	Read user mail	authorizationCode
Mail.ReadBasic	Read user basic mail	authorizationCode
Mail.ReadWrite	Read and write access to user mail	authorizationCode
Mail.Send	Send mail as a user	authorizationCode
Mailbox.Export	Export content from mailboxes	clientCredentials
Mailbox.Import	Import content into mailboxes	clientCredentials
MailboxFolder.Read	Read mailbox folder information	clientCredentials
People.Read	Read user's relevant people list	authorizationCode
People.Read.All	Read all users' relevant people lists	authorizationCode
https://outlook.office365.com/.default	Default scope for Exchange Online Admin API	clientCredentials

📄 Provider scope reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/permissions-reference

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: openapi/microsoft-exchange-admin-api-openapi.yml, openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-calendar-openapi.yml,
  openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-contacts-openapi.yml, openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-import-export-openapi.yml,
  openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-mail-openapi.yml, openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-people-openapi.yml
docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/permissions-reference
docs_note: >-
  Microsoft Graph permissions come in delegated and application variants (e.g.
  Mail.Read has both). Application permissions require admin consent; some read
  scopes (Mail.ReadBasic, MailboxFolder.Read) and the .Shared variants are
  documented in the Graph permissions reference. The .default scope is used
  with the client-credentials flow to request all statically-consented app
  permissions.
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  source: openapi/microsoft-exchange-admin-api-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/token
  description: OAuth 2.0 authorization with Microsoft identity platform
- name: oauth2
  source: openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-calendar-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token
  description: OAuth 2.0 authorization with Microsoft identity platform
- name: oauth2
  source: openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-contacts-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token
  description: OAuth 2.0 authorization with Microsoft identity platform
- name: oauth2
  source: openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-import-export-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/token
  description: OAuth 2.0 authorization with Microsoft identity platform
- name: oauth2
  source: openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-mail-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token
  description: OAuth 2.0 authorization with Microsoft identity platform
- name: oauth2
  source: openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-people-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token
  description: OAuth 2.0 authorization with Microsoft identity platform
scopes:
- scope: Calendars.Read
  description: Read user calendars
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-calendar-openapi.yml
- scope: Calendars.Read.Shared
  description: Read shared calendars
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-calendar-openapi.yml
- scope: Calendars.ReadWrite
  description: Read and write access to user calendars
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-calendar-openapi.yml
- scope: Calendars.ReadWrite.Shared
  description: Read and write shared calendars
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-calendar-openapi.yml
- scope: Contacts.Read
  description: Read user contacts
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-contacts-openapi.yml
- scope: Contacts.Read.Shared
  description: Read shared contacts
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-contacts-openapi.yml
- scope: Contacts.ReadWrite
  description: Read and write user contacts
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-contacts-openapi.yml
- scope: Contacts.ReadWrite.Shared
  description: Read and write shared contacts
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-contacts-openapi.yml
- scope: Mail.Read
  description: Read user mail
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-mail-openapi.yml
- scope: Mail.ReadBasic
  description: Read user basic mail
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-mail-openapi.yml
- scope: Mail.ReadWrite
  description: Read and write access to user mail
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-mail-openapi.yml
- scope: Mail.Send
  description: Send mail as a user
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-mail-openapi.yml
- scope: Mailbox.Export
  description: Export content from mailboxes
  flows:
  - clientCredentials
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-import-export-openapi.yml
- scope: Mailbox.Import
  description: Import content into mailboxes
  flows:
  - clientCredentials
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-import-export-openapi.yml
- scope: MailboxFolder.Read
  description: Read mailbox folder information
  flows:
  - clientCredentials
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-import-export-openapi.yml
- scope: People.Read
  description: Read user's relevant people list
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-people-openapi.yml
- scope: People.Read.All
  description: Read all users' relevant people lists
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-graph-people-openapi.yml
- scope: https://outlook.office365.com/.default
  description: Default scope for Exchange Online Admin API
  flows:
  - clientCredentials
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-exchange-admin-api-openapi.yml

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