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Microsoft Authentication Client Libraries

Daniel Dobalian edited this page Feb 6, 2019 · 5 revisions

Microsoft provides Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) for Azure AD, and Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for Microsoft Identity platform (Azure AD v2).

Both ADAL and MSAL are implemented in different languages, and some languages naturally covers multiple platforms.

Libraries released in preview or GA

Windows Linux macOS iOS Android Browser (SPA)
.Net (C#) ADAL, MSAL ADAL, MSAL MSAL ADAL, MSAL ADAL, MSAL
Python ADAL, MSAL ADAL, MSAL ADAL, MSAL
Objective C ADAL ADAL, MSAL
Android ADAL, MSAL
Java ADAL ADAL ADAL
Node.js ADAL ADAL ADAL
C++
Javascript ADAL, MSAL

We are actively working on covering more and more platforms. After you locate the language and platform that you are interested in, you can typically find the library repo on Github by searching keyword "ADAL (or MSAL) language_name" online.