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Interact with Microsoft 365 and Office services through the Microsoft Graph API.

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Interact with Microsoft 365 and Office services through the Microsoft Graph API.

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The ms-365-mcp-server is a Microsoft Graph integration that legitimately requires network_http and delegated OAuth scopes to fulfill its stated purpose. The visible code shows audit logging that avoids recording full email addresses and tooling for scope restriction and read-only mode, with no clear malicious patterns in the reviewed excerpts. Review was limited to truncated excerpts, so the main residual concern is the tool surface's broad Graph access, which is expected for this category but should be scoped by users. Package verification found 1 issue.

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Security scores are indicators to help you make informed decisions, not guarantees. Always review permissions before connecting any MCP server.

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How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-softeria-ms-365-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@softeria/ms-365-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

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From the project's GitHub README.

ms-365-mcp-server

npm version build status license

Microsoft 365 MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office services through the Graph API.

Supported Clouds

This server supports multiple Microsoft cloud environments:

CloudDescriptionAuth EndpointGraph API Endpoint
Global (default)International Microsoft 365login.microsoftonline.comgraph.microsoft.com
China (21Vianet)Microsoft 365 operated by 21Vianetlogin.chinacloudapi.cnmicrosoftgraph.chinacloudapi.cn

To route Graph traffic through a proxy of your own (one that terminates the client's plain HTTP and originates TLS to Microsoft), set MS365_MCP_GRAPH_BASE_URL to its base URL; see the environment variable list under CLI Options, including what still bypasses it.

Prerequisites

  • Node.js >= 20 (recommended)
  • Node.js 14+ may work with dependency warnings

Features

  • Authentication via Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL)
  • Comprehensive Microsoft 365 service integration
  • Read-only mode support for safe operations
  • Tool filtering for granular access control
  • Tool presets and dynamic discovery to shrink the tool surface and token usage

Output Format: JSON vs TOON

The server supports two output formats that can be configured globally:

JSON Format (Default)

Standard JSON output with pretty-printing:

{
  "value": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "displayName": "Alice Johnson",
      "mail": "alice@example.com",
      "jobTitle": "Software Engineer"
    }
  ]
}

(experimental) TOON Format

Token-Oriented Object Notation for efficient LLM token usage:

value[1]{id,displayName,mail,jobTitle}:
  "1",Alice Johnson,alice@example.com,Software Engineer

Benefits:

  • 30-60% fewer tokens vs JSON
  • Best for uniform array data (lists of emails, calendar events, files, etc.)
  • Ideal for cost-sensitive applications at scale

Usage: (experimental) Enable TOON format globally:

Via CLI flag:

npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --toon

Via Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ms365": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@softeria/ms-365-mcp-server", "--toon"]
    }
  }
}

Via environment variable:

MS365_MCP_OUTPUT_FORMAT=toon npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server

Supported Services & Tools

The server provides 300+ tools covering most of the Microsoft Graph API surface. Each tool maps 1-to-1 to a Graph API endpoint and is defined declaratively in src/endpoints.json.

Personal Account Tools (Available by default)

Email (Outlook), Calendar, OneDrive Files, Excel, OneNote, To Do Tasks, Planner, Contacts, User Profile, Search

Organization Account Tools (Requires --org-mode flag)

Teams & Chats, Online Meetings, Transcripts & Recordings, Attendance Reports, SharePoint Sites & Lists, Shared Mailboxes & Calendars, User Management, Presence, Virtual Events

Custom Teams emojis are available in organization mode through list-custom-emojis and create-custom-emoji (teams and work presets). These use the Microsoft Graph beta API and request the delegated permissions TeamworkCustomEmoji.Read and TeamworkCustomEmoji.Create, respectively. Read-only mode exposes only the list tool. Existing deployments may need consent for these new scopes and reauthentication; adding tool support does not upgrade an already-issued token.

Listing can return contentBytes: null by default. To request base64 PNG/GIF images, pass select: "displayName,contentBytes" or select: ["displayName", "contentBytes"]. Use a small top to keep image responses manageable. To create an emoji, pass body: { displayName, contentBytes } with the exact approved name and base64 PNG/GIF file bytes. See Microsoft's list and create contracts. These tools do not post messages or reactions.

Required Graph API Permissions

Permissions are requested dynamically based on which tools are enabled. Use --list-permissions to see the exact permissions for your configuration:

# Personal mode (default)
npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --list-permissions

# Organization mode (includes Teams, SharePoint, etc.)
npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --org-mode --list-permissions

# Filtered by preset
npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --preset mail --list-permissions

This is useful for enterprise environments where Graph API permissions must be pre-approved and admin-consented before deploying a new version.

The --list-permissions JSON includes:

  • toolPermissions: permissions implied by the tool surface before --allowed-scopes filtering
  • effectivePermissions: permissions implied by the tools that remain enabled after --allowed-scopes
  • permissions: legacy alias for effectivePermissions, kept for compatibility with existing scripts
  • allowedScopes: the configured scope allowlist, when provided
  • disabledTools: tools hidden because their required Graph scopes are not covered by allowedScopes
  • missingAllowedScopesForTools: unique missing scopes across disabled tools
  • extraAllowedScopesNotUsedByTools: allowed scopes that are not used by the current tool surface

Allowed Scopes

By default, MSAL requests the scopes implied by the enabled tools, and the tool surface is controlled by --enabled-tools, --preset, --org-mode, and --read-only.

Enterprise and headless deployments can add a scope boundary with --allowed-scopes or MS365_MCP_ALLOWED_SCOPES. When configured, the server first computes the normal tool surface, then hides Graph tools whose required scopes are not covered by the allowlist. OAuth metadata and login flows request only the effective permissions for the tools that remain enabled.

npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server \
  --org-mode \
  --enabled-tools '^(list-mail-messages|get-mail-message|list-drives|get-drive-item|download-bytes)$' \
  --allowed-scopes 'User.Read Mail.Read Files.Read'

CLI value takes precedence over MS365_MCP_ALLOWED_SCOPES; if neither is set, the default tool-derived scope behavior is unchanged. Supplying an empty value fails at startup so deployments do not accidentally fall back to a wider tool surface.

Scope coverage is hierarchy-aware: for example, Mail.ReadWrite covers tools that require Mail.Read, and Files.ReadWrite.All covers tools that require Files.Read.

SharePoint supports two enterprise permission models:

  • Broad tenant scopes such as Sites.Read.All, Sites.ReadWrite.All, and Sites.Manage.All.
  • Microsoft Graph Sites.Selected, where SharePoint site access is granted to the app on specific site collections and Graph evaluates the signed-in user's own permissions at request time.

The default org-mode behavior continues to request the broad SharePoint scopes used by existing deployments. Enterprises that want selected-site SharePoint access can set an allowlist containing Sites.Selected instead of broad Sites.*.All scopes. Direct site/list/item tools that target an explicit SharePoint site, and the /drives/{drive-id}/... item tools (list, get, upload, folder, move/rename, copy, versions) for drives of a granted site, can run with Sites.Selected; tenant-wide SharePoint discovery and search tools still require broad SharePoint scopes.

npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server \
  --org-mode \
  --read-only \
  --enabled-tools 'sharepoint|site|drive|planner' \
  --allowed-scopes 'User.Read Files.Read Notes.Read Tasks.Read Sites.Selected'

In HTTP mode, OAuth discovery advertises the effective filtered permissions so clients request the same consent surface. On-Behalf-Of mode (--obo) still advertises <clientId>/access_as_user for protected-resource metadata and requests it on /authorize; --allowed-scopes does not override OBO, it only narrows the tool surface.

Restricting user profile fields

Deployments can set a comma-separated field filter for selected user-directory paths with --user-fields or MS365_MCP_USER_FIELDS. It narrows the $select sent to Microsoft Graph on /users reads and projects responses on the covered paths listed below. This is a path-specific data filter, not a complete Graph authorization boundary: other Graph routes and resource shapes can expose overlapping profile data.

npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server \
  --org-mode \
  --user-fields 'id,displayName,mail,userPrincipalName'

The filter is keyed on known Graph paths rather than tool names. It applies to direct tools, discovery mode's execute-tool, and matching graph-batch subrequests. Batch subrequest URLs are rewritten on covered /users reads, and responses are projected on all covered profile paths. The byte-passthrough tools (download-bytes, download-bytes-to-file, get-download-url) return responses verbatim and refuse targets matching the covered user profile paths while the filter is active.

Two levels of enforcement apply, depending on what Graph returns:

PathEnforcement
/users, /users/{id}$select is narrowed on the request and the response is projected, so excluded fields never leave the tenant
/me/manager, /me/directReports, /users/{id}/manager, /users/{id}/directReports, /groups/{id}/members, /groups/{id}/ownersThe response is projected. These are typed as directoryObject, where Graph requires an OData cast before it will $select a user-only property such as jobTitle, so narrowing the request would risk breaking calls that work today

While the filter is active, $expand is removed from /me, /groups, and /groups/{id} requests because those resources can expand to related user profiles. This also applies to matching batch subrequests. The base /me and group responses are otherwise not projected.

This does not cover every route that can return a user-shaped object. In particular, generic Graph access can still reach alternate routes or representations such as /directoryObjects/{id}, /groups/{id}/transitiveMembers, or /users('{id}'). Those are not currently normalized to the covered paths. If this setting is a security requirement, also restrict generic Graph access (for example graph-batch) and validate the effective tool surface for your deployment; do not rely on --user-fields alone as a tenant-wide data-access control.

Resources below a user, such as /users/{id}/messages or /users/{id}/photo/$value, are mail, calendar and binary resources rather than profile properties, and are unaffected. The signed-in user's own /me profile is also unaffected, as are the Teams and chat member lists, which return conversationMember rather than user profiles.

Known gap: list-relevant-people

list-relevant-people (/me/people) is not covered. It returns person resources, a different type whose properties only partly overlap with user — it carries jobTitle, department and officeLocation, but addresses arrive as scoredEmailAddresses rather than mail. Applying a user-field allowlist to it would reject valid field names and narrow the result to something the tool could not use.

Deployments that need the people surface closed as well should drop the tool from the surface, for example with --enabled-tools or by choosing a preset that excludes it:

npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server \
  --org-mode \
  --user-fields 'id,displayName,mail' \
  --enabled-tools '^(?!list-relevant-people$).*'

CLI values take precedence over the environment variable. A value that names no fields fails at startup. When neither is configured, existing behavior is unchanged. Configure this in the LibreChat MCP server environment or command arguments; project-local .env files are intentionally restricted to application credentials and are not used for this setting.

The allowlist is exhaustive for user properties: unlike an ordinary $select, id is only returned when it appears in the list, so include it if downstream tools need it to address a user. Collection annotations such as @odata.nextLink are retained so paging keeps working. If Graph returns none of the allowlisted properties, the response is projected to empty rather than returned untrimmed.

Requesting extra scopes

--allowed-scopes only ever narrows the token request. To request a Graph scope that no bundled tool needs — for example to drive an endpoint via graph-batch — use --extra-scopes (or MS365_MCP_EXTRA_SCOPES). These scopes are appended verbatim to the token request, on top of the tool-derived scopes.

npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server \
  --org-mode \
  --extra-scopes 'CopilotPackages.ReadWrite.All'

This is for use with your own Azure app registration (MS365_MCP_CLIENT_ID / MS365_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET): the default Softeria app only declares a lean, fixed permission set, so request additional scopes against an app you control (your tenant admin consents to them there). CLI value takes precedence over the env var; an empty value fails at startup.

Organization/Work Mode

To access work/school features (Teams, SharePoint, etc.), enable organization mode using any of these flags:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ms365": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@softeria/ms-365-mcp-server", "--org-mode"]
    }
  }
}

Organization mode must be enabled from the start to access work account features. Without this flag, only personal account features (email, calendar, OneDrive, etc.) are available.

Shared Mailbox Access

To access shared mailboxes, you need:

  1. Organization mode: Shared mailbox tools require --org-mode flag (work/school accounts only)
  2. Delegated permissions: Mail.Read.Shared to read, Mail.ReadWrite.Shared to create, update or move messages, Mail.Send.Shared to send, reply or forward, and Calendars.Read.Shared for the shared calendar tools
  3. Exchange permissions: The signed-in user must have been granted access to the shared mailbox
  4. Usage: Use the shared mailbox's email address as the user-id parameter in the shared mailbox tools

Finding shared mailboxes: Use the list-users tool to discover available users and shared mailboxes in your organization.

Example: list-shared-mailbox-messages with user-id set to shared-mailbox@company.com

Quick Start Example

Test login in Claude Desktop:

Login example

Examples

Image

Integration

Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop, edit the config file under Settings > Developer.

Personal Account (MSA)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ms365": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@softeria/ms-365-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}
Work/School Account (Global)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ms365": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@softeria/ms-365-mcp-server", "--org-mode"]
    }
  }
}
Work/School Account (China 21Vianet)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ms365-china": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@softeria/ms-365-mcp-server", "--org-mode", "--cloud", "china"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code CLI

Personal Account (MSA)
claude mcp add ms365 -- npx -y @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server
Work/School Account (Global)
# macOS/Linux
claude mcp add ms365 -- npx -y @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --org-mode

# Windows (use cmd /c wrapper)
claude mcp add ms365 -s user -- cmd /c "npx -y @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --org-mode"
Work/School Account (China 21Vianet)
# macOS/Linux
claude mcp add ms365-china -- npx -y @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --org-mode --cloud china

# Windows (use cmd /c wrapper)
claude mcp add ms365-china -s user -- cmd /c "npx -y @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --org-mode --cloud china"

For other interfaces that support MCPs, please refer to their respective documentation for the correct integration method.

Open WebUI

Open WebUI supports MCP servers via HTTP transport with OAuth 2.1.

  1. Start the server with HTTP mode:

    npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --http
    
  2. In Open WebUI, go to Admin Settings → Tools (/admin/settings/tools) → Add Connection:

    • Type: MCP Streamable HTTP
    • URL: Your MCP server URL with /mcp path
    • Auth: OAuth 2.1
  3. Click Register Client.

Note: Dynamic client registration is enabled by default in HTTP mode. Use --no-dynamic-registration (or set MS365_MCP_DISABLE_DCR=true) to disable it. If using a custom Azure Entra app, the platform type for your redirect URI depends on whether the app has a client secret: with a secret use "Web", without one use "Mobile and desktop applications" (never "Single-page application").

Quick test setup using the default Azure app (ID ms-365 and localhost:8080 are pre-configured):

docker run -d -p 8080:8080 \
  -e WEBUI_AUTH=false \
  -e OPENAI_API_KEY \
  ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:main

npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --http

Then add connection with URL http://localhost:3000/mcp and ID ms-365.

Open WebUI MCP Connection

Running in Docker behind a reverse proxy? Set --public-url https://your-domain.com so the OAuth authorize URL handed to the user's browser is reachable from outside the container network. See docs/deployment.md for the full guide.

Local Development

For local development or testing:

# From the project directory
claude mcp add ms -- npx tsx src/index.ts --org-mode

Or configure Claude Desktop manually:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ms365": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/ms-365-mcp-server/dist/index.js", "--org-mode"]
    }
  }
}

Note: Run npm run build after code changes to update the dist/ folder.

Authentication

⚠️ You must authenticate before using tools.

The server supports three authentication methods:

1. Device Code Flow (Default)

For interactive authentication via device code:

  • MCP client login:
    • Call the login tool (auto-checks existing token)
    • If needed, get URL+code, visit in browser
    • Use verify-login tool to confirm
  • CLI login:
    npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --login
    
    Follow the URL and code prompt in the terminal.

Tokens are cached securely in your OS credential store (fallback to file).

2. OAuth Authorization Code Flow (HTTP mode only)

When running with --http, the server requires OAuth authentication:

npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --http 3000

This mode:

  • Advertises OAuth capabilities to MCP clients
  • Provides OAuth endpoints at /auth/* (authorize, token, metadata)
  • Requires Authorization: Bearer <token> for all MCP requests
  • Validates tokens with Microsoft Graph API
  • Disables login/logout tools by default (use --enable-auth-tools to enable them)

MCP clients will automatically handle the OAuth flow when they see the advertised capabilities.

Setting up Azure AD for OAuth Testing

To use OAuth mode with custom Azure credentials (recommended for production), you'll need to set up an Azure AD app registration:

  1. Create Azure AD App Registration:
  • Go to Azure Portal
  • Navigate to Azure Active Directory → App registrations → New registration
  • Set name: "MS365 MCP Server"
  1. Configure Redirect URIs:
  • Configure the OAuth callback URI: Go to your app registration and on the left side, go to Authentication.
  • Under Platform configurations:
    • Click Add a platform (if you don’t already see one for "Mobile and desktop applications" / "Public client").
    • Choose Mobile and desktop applications or Public client/native (mobile & desktop) (label depends on portal version).
  1. Testing with MCP Inspector (npm run inspector):
  • Go to your app registration and on the left side, go to Authentication.
  • Under Platform configurations:
    • Click Add a platform (if you don’t already see one for "Web").
    • Choose Web.
    • Configure the following redirect URIs
      • http://localhost:6274/oauth/callback
      • http://localhost:6274/oauth/callback/debug
      • http://localhost:3000/callback (optional, for server callback)
  1. Get Credentials:
  • Copy the Application (client) ID from Overview page
  • Go to Certificates & secrets → New client secret → Copy the secret value (optional for public apps)
  1. Configure Environment Variables: Create a .env file in your project root:
    MS365_MCP_CLIENT_ID=your-azure-ad-app-client-id-here
    MS365_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET=your-secret-here  # Optional for public apps
    MS365_MCP_TENANT_ID=common
    

With these configured, the server will use your custom Azure app instead of the built-in one.

Note: .env is read from the directory the server is started in, and the MCP client decides what that is. Only MS365_MCP_CLIENT_ID, MS365_MCP_CLIENT_SECRET, MS365_MCP_TENANT_ID and MS365_MCP_CLOUD_TYPE are read from it. Every other variable listed above must be set in your shell or MCP client config; anything else found in a .env is ignored with a warning on stderr.

3. Bring Your Own Token (BYOT)

If you are running ms-365-mcp-server as part of a larger system that manages Microsoft OAuth tokens externally, you can provide an access token directly to this MCP server:

MS365_MCP_OAUTH_TOKEN=your_oauth_token npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server

This method:

  • Bypasses the interactive authentication flows
  • Use your pre-existing OAuth token for Microsoft Graph API requests
  • Does not handle token refresh (token lifecycle management is your responsibility)

Note: HTTP mode requires authentication. For unauthenticated testing, use stdio mode with device code flow.

Authentication Tools: In HTTP mode, login/logout tools are disabled by default since OAuth handles authentication. Use --enable-auth-tools if you need them available.

Multi-Account Support

Use a single server instance to serve multiple Microsoft accounts. When more than one account is logged in, an account parameter is automatically injected into every tool, allowing you to specify which account to use per tool call.

Login multiple accounts (one-time per account):

# Login first account (device code flow)
npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --login
# Follow the device code prompt, sign in as personal@outlook.com

# Login second account
npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --login
# Follow the device code prompt, sign in as work@company.com

List configured accounts:

npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --list-accounts

Use in tool calls: Pass "account": "work@company.com" in any tool request:

{ "tool": "list-mail-messages", "arguments": { "account": "work@company.com" } }

Behavior:

  • With a single account configured, it auto-selects (no account parameter needed).
  • With multiple accounts and no account parameter, the server uses the selected default or returns a helpful error listing available accounts.
  • 100% backward compatible: existing single-account setups work unchanged.
  • The account parameter accepts email address (e.g. user@outlook.com) or MSAL homeAccountId.

Strict Account Pinning

Headless stdio deployments can pin the local MSAL cache to one expected Microsoft account:

# Username matching is case-insensitive
MS365_MCP_EXPECTED_USERNAME=work@company.com npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --login

# Or pin the exact MSAL homeAccountId shown by --list-accounts
npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --expected-home-account-id <homeAccountId> --login

Use --list-accounts to discover homeAccountId values. The MCP list-accounts tool intentionally hides account IDs, so use the CLI for exact ID pinning.

Pinning is opt-in and local-MSAL only:

  • CLI values (--expected-username, --expected-home-account-id) take precedence over MS365_MCP_EXPECTED_USERNAME and MS365_MCP_EXPECTED_HOME_ACCOUNT_ID.
  • Supplying an empty pin value fails at startup instead of being ignored.
  • Username pins are compared case-insensitively; homeAccountId pins are exact.
  • If both pins are set, they must resolve to the same cached account.
  • Local stdio startup fails fast when the expected account is not in the token cache. Bootstrap by setting the pin, running --login, then starting the headless server.
  • Device-code and browser logins reject a missing or mismatched account before persisting the selected account or token cache.
  • Pinning collapses the effective MCP mode to single-account: the server does not advertise an account parameter and MCP instructions do not suggest account switching.
  • --http, --obo, and MS365_MCP_OAUTH_TOKEN use request-provided tokens for Graph calls, so account pins are warning-only in those modes. If HTTP auth tools are enabled, the pin still applies to those local MSAL helper flows.
  • --logout clears all cached accounts, including the pinned account. For surgical cleanup, prefer --remove-account <id>.

For MCP multiplexers (Legate, Governor): Multi-account mode replaces the N-process pattern. Instead of spawning one server per account, a single instance handles all accounts via the account parameter, reducing tool duplication from N×110 to 110.

Tool Presets

To reduce initial connection overhead and token usage, use preset tool categories instead of loading the full tool set:

npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --preset mail
npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --list-presets  # See all available presets

Available presets: mail, calendar, files, personal, work, excel, contacts, tasks, onenote, search, users, outlook, onedrive, teams, teams-write, all

Each endpoint in endpoints.json declares which presets it belongs to via a presets array, so every preset is an exact tool-name allow-list that never over-matches across apps (e.g. mail does not include shared-mailbox tools; those are in work). The universal binary reader download-bytes is included in every preset except teams-write, so whatever an app returns (a file, an attachment, a photo, a recording) can always be fetched; get-download-url (a pre-authenticated URL for drive/SharePoint files) rides with the drive-backed presets, and joins every other preset (bar teams-write) when HTTP mode runs with --enable-attachment-urls. So a preset that can find a file can always read its bytes.

The outlook, onedrive and teams presets are app-scoped: they expose exactly one Microsoft app. Use these for "expose exactly one app" deployments:

# Outlook only (mail + calendar + contacts; no shared mailboxes, no files)
npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --preset outlook

# Teams only (requires --org-mode)
npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --org-mode --preset teams

The teams-write preset is the send-only counterpart to --read-only: send in chats, send/reply in channels, list chats/teams/channels by name, and activity notifications - no message reading and no byte downloaders. The requested token is minimal by construction (Chat.ReadBasic, the *.Send scopes, and basic team/channel listing - nothing that can read message content):

npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --org-mode --preset teams-write

Dynamic Tool Discovery

Instead of loading every tool upfront, use dynamic discovery so the LLM finds and loads tools only when it needs them:

npx @softeria/ms-365-mcp-server --discovery

Keeps the initial context small and cuts token usage, especially useful for long sessions or cost-sensitive setups (e.g. Open WebUI running against a paid API).

CLI Options

The following options can be used when running ms-365-mcp-server directly from the command line:

--login           Login using device code flow
--logout          Log out and clear saved credentials
--verify-login    Verify login without starting the server
--list-permissions List required Graph API permissions and exit (respects --org-mode, --preset, --enabled-tools, --allowed-scopes)
--org-mode        Enable organization/work mode from start (includes Teams, SharePoint, etc.)
--work-mode       Alias for --org-mode
--force-work-scopes Backwards compatibility alias for --org-mode (deprecated)
--cloud <type>    Microsoft cloud environment: global (default) or china (21Vianet)
--allowed-scopes <scopes> Limit exposed tools to Graph scopes covered by this allowlist
--extra-scopes <scopes> Append additional Graph scopes to the token request (for use with your own app registration + graph-batch)
--expected-username <username> Require local MSAL auth to use this account username
--expected-home-account-id <id> Require local MSAL auth to use this exact homeAccountId

Server Options

When running as an MCP server, the following options can be used:

-v                Enable verbose logging
--read-only       Start server in read-only mode, disabling write operations
--http [port]     Use Streamable HTTP transport instead of stdio (optionally specify port, default: 3000)
                  Starts Express.js server with MCP endpoint at /mcp. Bound to a loopback host
                  (e.g. --http 127.0.0.1:3000 or --http [::1]:3000) with no --public-url, it
                  rejects requests whose Host or Origin is not localhost (not applied to the
                  --attachment-port listener)
--http-local-file-tools Register download-bytes-to-file over HTTP. Anyone who can reach the port
                  can write files as the server's user (without a valid token, only an empty
                  file that is removed again), so enable it only on a single-user machine.
                  With MS365_MCP_UPLOAD_DIRS set it also registers upload-attachment-from-file,
                  which reads files from those directories.
                  Refused unless --http binds a loopback host with no --public-url and no
                  --trust-proxy-auth
--enable-auth-tools Enable login/logout tools when using HTTP mode (disabled by default in HTTP mode)
--enable-attachment-urls Let get-download-url mint a server-served URL for byte resources Graph
                  exposes no pre-authenticated URL for (see "Server-Minted Attachment URLs").
                  Also adds get-download-url to any --preset that lacks it (except teams-write)
--attachment-port <port> Serve /attachment on its own listener on this port instead of on the
                  MCP app, so a fetcher that can read attachments cannot also reach /mcp
                  (requires --enable-attachment-urls; see "Splitting the attachment listener")
--attachment-host <host> Interface the --attachment-port listener binds. Defaults to whatever
                  --http bound, which with a wildcard --http leaves BOTH ports on every
                  interface and so isolates nothing — set this to make the split real
                  (requires --attachment-port; see "Splitting the attachment listener")
--no-dynamic-registration Disable OAuth Dynamic Client Registration (enabled by default in HTTP mode)
--enabled-tools <pattern> Filter tools using regex pattern (e.g., "excel|contact" to enable Excel and Contact tools)
--preset <names>  Use preset tool categories (comma-separated). See "Tool Presets" section above
--list-presets    List all available presets and exit
--toon            (experimental) Enable TOON output format for 30-60% token reduction
--blob-output     File download tools answer an MCP EmbeddedResource with the file instead of
                  base64 JSON in a text block (see MS365_MCP_BLOB_OUTPUT below)
--discovery       Dynamic tool discovery: loads tools on demand to reduce initial token usage (see "Dynamic Tool Discovery" above)
--public-url <url> Public base URL for OAuth when behind a reverse proxy (see Open WebUI section and docs/deployment.md)

Environment variables:

Documentation truncated — see the full README on GitHub.

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