generated: '2026-09-06'
method: searched
source: >-
  Registry metadata endpoints (registry.npmjs.org, pypi.org/pypi, api.nuget.org,
  repo1.maven.org, proxy.golang.org, powershellgallery.com) plus
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/sdks-overview and
  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/reference-v2-libraries
provider: Azure Active Directory (Microsoft Entra ID)
providerId: azure-ad
note: >-
  Two first-party library families serve this API. MSAL (Microsoft Authentication
  Library, github.com/AzureAD) acquires the tokens; the Microsoft Graph SDKs
  (github.com/microsoftgraph) call the directory endpoints those tokens open.
  Versions and publish dates below were read from each registry's own metadata
  endpoint on 2026-09-06.
packages:
  - name: '@azure/msal-browser'
    registry: npm
    language: javascript
    official: true
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@azure/msal-browser
    repository: https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-js
    version: 5.21.0
    published: '2026-09-02'
    role: browser (SPA) authentication
  - name: '@azure/msal-node'
    registry: npm
    language: javascript
    official: true
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@azure/msal-node
    repository: https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-js
    version: 6.0.0
    published: '2026-08-28'
    role: server-side Node authentication
  - name: '@azure/msal-react'
    registry: npm
    language: javascript
    official: true
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@azure/msal-react
    version: 5.7.0
    published: '2026-08-28'
    role: React bindings for msal-browser
  - name: '@azure/msal-angular'
    registry: npm
    language: javascript
    official: true
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@azure/msal-angular
    version: 6.2.0
    published: '2026-08-28'
    role: Angular bindings for msal-browser
  - name: '@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client'
    registry: npm
    language: javascript
    official: true
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client
    repository: https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-javascript
    version: 3.0.7
    published: '2023-09-19'
    role: Microsoft Graph JavaScript client
    note: >-
      Decay signal — the latest published release is from 2023-09-19, roughly
      three years behind the Graph surface it wraps, while the .NET, Python, Go
      and PowerShell SDKs all shipped within the last week.
  - name: '@azure/identity'
    registry: npm
    language: javascript
    official: true
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@azure/identity
    version: 4.13.2
    published: '2026-08-18'
    role: Entra ID credential chain for Azure SDK clients
  - name: '@microsoft/mgt'
    registry: npm
    language: javascript
    official: true
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@microsoft/mgt
    repository: https://github.com/microsoftgraph/microsoft-graph-toolkit
    version: 4.7.0
    published: '2026-08-28'
    role: Microsoft Graph Toolkit web components (see components/)
  - name: '@microsoft/mgt-element'
    registry: npm
    language: javascript
    official: true
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@microsoft/mgt-element
    version: 4.7.0
    published: '2026-08-28'
    role: Graph Toolkit base element + provider model
  - name: msal
    registry: pypi
    language: python
    official: true
    url: https://pypi.org/project/msal/
    repository: https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-python
    version: 1.38.0
    published: '2026-08-24'
    role: Python authentication library
  - name: msgraph-sdk
    registry: pypi
    language: python
    official: true
    url: https://pypi.org/project/msgraph-sdk/
    repository: https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-python
    version: 1.62.0
    published: '2026-09-02'
    role: Microsoft Graph Python client
  - name: msgraph-core
    registry: pypi
    language: python
    official: true
    url: https://pypi.org/project/msgraph-core/
    version: 1.5.1
    published: '2026-07-13'
    role: Graph core HTTP/middleware layer for Python
  - name: azure-identity
    registry: pypi
    language: python
    official: true
    url: https://pypi.org/project/azure-identity/
    version: 1.25.3
    published: '2026-03-13'
    role: Entra ID credential chain for Python
  - name: azure-cli
    registry: pypi
    language: python
    official: true
    url: https://pypi.org/project/azure-cli/
    version: 2.90.0
    published: '2026-09-01'
    role: Azure CLI distribution (see cli/)
  - name: Microsoft.Identity.Client
    registry: nuget
    language: dotnet
    official: true
    url: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Identity.Client
    repository: https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-dotnet
    version: 4.88.0
    published: '2026-08-20'
    role: MSAL.NET
  - name: Microsoft.Identity.Web
    registry: nuget
    language: dotnet
    official: true
    url: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Identity.Web
    version: 4.14.2
    published: '2026-07-30'
    role: ASP.NET Core integration for Entra ID
  - name: Microsoft.Graph
    registry: nuget
    language: dotnet
    official: true
    url: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Graph
    repository: https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-dotnet
    version: 6.6.0
    published: '2026-09-04'
    role: Microsoft Graph .NET client
  - name: Azure.Identity
    registry: nuget
    language: dotnet
    official: true
    url: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Azure.Identity
    version: 1.21.0
    published: '2026-04-11'
    role: Entra ID credential chain for .NET
  - name: com.microsoft.azure:msal4j
    registry: maven
    language: java
    official: true
    url: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.microsoft.azure/msal4j
    repository: https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-java
    version: 1.21.0
    published: '2025-06-06'
    role: MSAL for Java (latest GA release)
    note: >-
      repo1.maven.org maven-metadata.xml names 1.30.0-beta as <latest>
      (lastUpdated 2026-08-21); 1.21.0 is the newest non-beta version in the
      same metadata, published 2025-06-06.
  - name: com.microsoft.graph:microsoft-graph
    registry: maven
    language: java
    official: true
    url: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.microsoft.graph/microsoft-graph
    repository: https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-java
    version: 6.69.0
    published: '2026-09-02'
    role: Microsoft Graph Java client
  - name: com.microsoft.graph:microsoft-graph-core
    registry: maven
    language: java
    official: true
    url: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.microsoft.graph/microsoft-graph-core
    version: 3.6.1
    published: '2025-02-25'
    role: Graph core layer for Java
  - name: github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go
    registry: pkg.go.dev
    language: go
    official: true
    url: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go
    version: v1.102.0
    published: '2026-09-02'
    role: Microsoft Graph Go client
  - name: github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go
    registry: pkg.go.dev
    language: go
    official: true
    url: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go
    version: v1.9.0
    published: '2026-08-21'
    role: MSAL for Go
  - name: Microsoft.Graph
    registry: powershellgallery
    language: powershell
    official: true
    url: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Microsoft.Graph
    repository: https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-powershell
    version: 2.39.0
    published: '2026-08-03'
    role: Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK (see cli/)
  - name: Microsoft.Entra
    registry: powershellgallery
    language: powershell
    official: true
    url: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Microsoft.Entra
    repository: https://github.com/microsoft/entra-powershell
    version: 1.3.0
    published: '2026-05-18'
    role: Microsoft Entra PowerShell module
registries_checked:
  - npm
  - pypi
  - nuget
  - maven-central
  - pkg.go.dev
  - powershellgallery
registries_absent:
  - registry: rubygems
    note: no first-party Microsoft Entra / Graph gem found
  - registry: crates.io
    note: no first-party Microsoft Entra / Graph crate found
  - registry: packagist
    note: >-
      no first-party Microsoft Graph PHP SDK; Microsoft's SDK list names no PHP
      client
package_count: 24
official_count: 24