Package profile
msal
- Summary: The Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for Python library enables your app to access the Microsoft Cloud by supporting authentication of users with Microsoft Azure Active Directory accounts (AAD) and Microsoft Accounts (MSA) using industry standard OAuth2 and OpenID Connect.
- Author: Microsoft Corporation
- License: MIT License
- Homepage: https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-python
- Documentation: https://msal-python.readthedocs.io/
- Source: https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-python
- Number of releases: 75
- First release: 0.1.0 on 2018-12-12
- Latest release: 1.39.0 on 2026-09-17
- Latest release size: 128.0 KB (pure Python wheel)
Dependencies
Msal has 4 dependencies, 1 of which optional.Dependent packages
| Package | Optional | Group |
|---|---|---|
| agent-framework-copilotstudio | false | |
| azure-cli-core | false | |
| azure-identity | false | |
| azure-kusto-data | false | |
| azureml-core | false |
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