generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/cli/installation
description: >-
  Microsoft Graph CLI (mgc) is the official first-party command-line interface
  over Microsoft Graph — the API surface behind this Office 365 collection. A
  second, community/PnP CLI (m365) is widely used for Microsoft 365 automation.
clis:
  - name: Microsoft Graph CLI
    binary: mgc
    official: true
    repo: https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-cli
    docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/cli/overview
    ga: '2024'
    built_on: .NET
    install:
      - method: winget
        command: winget install microsoft.msgraphcli
      - method: msi
        command: Download Microsoft.Graph.CLI.msi from GitHub Releases and run it
      - method: archive
        command: >-
          Download msgraph-cli-<os>-<arch> zip/tar.gz from GitHub Releases,
          extract, and run mgc
    beta_variant:
      binary: mgc-beta
      repo: https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-cli
    command_surface:
      - group: login / logout
        note: Interactive, device-code, and app-only (client credentials) auth
      - group: users
      - group: me
        note: Signed-in user (me messages, me drive, me joined-teams)
      - group: teams
      - group: drives
      - group: groups
      - group: applications
    key_flows:
      - mgc login --scopes "Mail.Read Files.Read"
      - mgc users list
      - mgc me messages list
  - name: CLI for Microsoft 365
    binary: m365
    official: false
    maintainer: PnP community (Microsoft-adjacent open source)
    registry: npm
    package: "@pnp/cli-microsoft365"
    install: npm install -g @pnp/cli-microsoft365
    docs: https://pnp.github.io/cli-microsoft365/