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Microsoft Defender Authentication

Authentication

Microsoft Defender 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).

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

Security Schemes

oauth2 oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials, authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-api-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenantId}/oauth2/v2.0/token
    scopes: 1
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenantId}/oauth2/v2.0/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenantId}/oauth2/v2.0/token
    scopes: 1
  description: OAuth 2.0 authentication using Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD). Supports both application-level
    and delegated permissions.
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-api-openapi.yml