Microsoft Azure Quantum · Authentication Profile

Microsoft Quantum Authentication

Authentication

Microsoft Azure Quantum secures its APIs with apiKey and oauth2 across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the clientCredentials and implicit flow(s).

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Methods: apiKey, oauth2 Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: clientCredentials, implicit API key in: header

Security Schemes

AzureApiKeyAuth apiKey
· in: header (x-ms-quantum-api-key)
AzureEntraAuth oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials
azure_auth oauth2
· flows: implicit

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/azure-quantum-data-plane-openapi.json, openapi/azure-quantum-resource-manager-openapi.json
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - header
  oauth2_flows:
  - clientCredentials
  - implicit
schemes:
- name: AzureApiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: x-ms-quantum-api-key
  description: Azure Api-Key Authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/azure-quantum-data-plane-openapi.json
- name: AzureEntraAuth
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token
    scopes: 1
  description: Azure Entra OAuth2 Authentication
  sources:
  - openapi/azure-quantum-data-plane-openapi.json
- name: azure_auth
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: implicit
    authorizationUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize
    scopes: 1
  description: Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.
  sources:
  - openapi/azure-quantum-resource-manager-openapi.json