Microsoft 365 Admin runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 91 installs a week from npm. Last commit 19 Oct 2026.
Microsoft 365 administration via Graph API application permissions (read-only by default).
What the code does
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What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
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Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add ms-365-admin -e 'MS365_ADMIN_MCP_TENANT_ID=<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_TENANT_ID>' -e 'MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_ID=<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_ID>' -e 'MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET=<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET>' -- npx -y @okapi-ca/ms-365-admin-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"ms-365-admin": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@okapi-ca/ms-365-admin-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_ID": "<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_ID>",
"MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET": "<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"MS365_ADMIN_MCP_TENANT_ID": "<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_TENANT_ID>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.ms-365-admin]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@okapi-ca/ms-365-admin-mcp-server"]
env = { MS365_ADMIN_MCP_TENANT_ID = "<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_TENANT_ID>", MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_ID = "<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_ID>", MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET = "<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"ms-365-admin": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@okapi-ca/ms-365-admin-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_ID": "<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_ID>",
"MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET": "<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"MS365_ADMIN_MCP_TENANT_ID": "<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_TENANT_ID>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"ms-365-admin": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@okapi-ca/ms-365-admin-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_ID": "<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_ID>",
"MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET": "<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"MS365_ADMIN_MCP_TENANT_ID": "<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_TENANT_ID>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<MS365_ADMIN_MCP_TENANT_ID> (Azure AD tenant ID (specific GUID, not 'common')), <MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_ID> (App registration client ID with the required application permissions), <MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET> (App registration client secret. Prefer Azure Key Vault via MS365_ADMIN_MCP_KEYVAULT_URL for production).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
MS365_ADMIN_MCP_KEYVAULT_URL (Optional Azure Key Vault URL. When set, secrets are pulled from the vault and override the env-var values above), MS365_ADMIN_MCP_CLOUD_TYPE (Cloud environment: 'global' (default) or 'china' (21Vianet)), MS365_ADMIN_MCP_MAX_TOP (Cap on the $top query parameter to limit result size), READ_ONLY (Set to 'true' or '1' to force read-only mode (default behavior; mutations require --allow-writes)), ENABLED_TOOLS (Regex to filter the catalog of available tools).
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Microsoft 365 Admin — questions
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