Microsoft Azure Active Directory · Authentication Profile

Azure Active Directory Authentication

Authentication

Microsoft Azure Active Directory secures its APIs with oauth2 across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode and clientCredentials flow(s).

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Methods: oauth2 Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: authorizationCode, clientCredentials API key in:

Security Schemes

oauth2 oauth2
· flows: authorizationCode, clientCredentials

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/microsoft-graph-identity-api.yml
summary:
  types:
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token
    scopes: 11
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/oauth2/v2.0/token
    scopes: 1
  description: Microsoft identity platform OAuth 2.0 authorization. Supports authorization code
    flow, client credentials flow, and on-behalf-of flow. All API calls require a valid access
    token obtained from the Microsoft identity platform.
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-graph-identity-api.yml