Microsoft Purview · Authentication Profile

Microsoft Purview Authentication

Authentication

Microsoft Purview secures its APIs with oauth2 across 2 declared security schemes, 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: 2 OAuth flows: authorizationCode, clientCredentials API key in:

Security Schemes

oauth2 oauth2

· flows: clientCredentials

oauth2 oauth2

· flows: authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/microsoft-purview-account-openapi.yml, openapi/microsoft-purview-catalog-openapi.yml,
  openapi/microsoft-purview-data-map-openapi.yml, openapi/microsoft-purview-data-quality-openapi.yml,
  openapi/microsoft-purview-data-security-governance-openapi.yml, openapi/microsoft-purview-ediscovery-openapi.yml,
  openapi/microsoft-purview-information-protection-openapi.yml, openapi/microsoft-purview-metadata-policies-openapi.yml,
  openapi/microsoft-purview-records-management-openapi.yml, openapi/microsoft-purview-scanning-openapi.yml,
  openapi/microsoft-purview-unified-catalog-openapi.yml, openapi/microsoft-purview-workflow-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
  description: Azure Active Directory OAuth2 authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-purview-account-openapi.yml
  - openapi/microsoft-purview-catalog-openapi.yml
  - openapi/microsoft-purview-data-map-openapi.yml
  - openapi/microsoft-purview-data-quality-openapi.yml
  - openapi/microsoft-purview-data-security-governance-openapi.yml
  - openapi/microsoft-purview-metadata-policies-openapi.yml
  - openapi/microsoft-purview-records-management-openapi.yml
  - openapi/microsoft-purview-scanning-openapi.yml
  - openapi/microsoft-purview-unified-catalog-openapi.yml
  - openapi/microsoft-purview-workflow-openapi.yml
- 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: 2
  description: Microsoft Identity Platform OAuth2
  sources:
  - openapi/microsoft-purview-ediscovery-openapi.yml
  - openapi/microsoft-purview-information-protection-openapi.yml