Microsoft 365 admin | Operate As Docs

Run a Microsoft 365 tenant: usage reports, service health and messages, Universal Print and Copilot connectors

Website: microsoft.com
Connects by: Signing in with Microsoft
Category: Developer tools
Part of: Microsoft
Tools: 286

Service	Key	Base URL
Microsoft 365 admin	`microsoft-365-admin`	`https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0`

Connecting

Your client presses Connect on their link and approves on Microsoft's own screen. Operate As never sees their password.

Check they're connected

curl https://api.operate.as/v1/me/clients \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

curl https://api.operate.as/v1/me/clients \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

Response

[
  {
    "id": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "name": "Miller Dental",
    "services": [
      "microsoft-365-admin"
    ]
  }
]

[  {    "id": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "name": "Miller Dental",    "services": [      "microsoft-365-admin"    ]  }]

Permissions

What the client reads	Permission it asks for
See your organization's Microsoft 365 usage reports	`Reports.Read.All`
See Microsoft 365 service health	`ServiceHealth.Read.All`
See Microsoft 365 message center posts	`ServiceMessage.Read.All`
Create and manage your connections	`ExternalConnection.ReadWrite.OwnedBy`
Add and change items in your connections	`ExternalItem.ReadWrite.OwnedBy`
See your organization's printers	`Printer.Read.All`
See and send your print jobs	`PrintJob.ReadWrite`

Tools

Install Microsoft 365 admin's typed package for your language:

pip install operate-as-microsoft-365-admin

pip install operate-as-microsoft-365-admin

Run microsoft-365-admin.admin_admin_get_admin

curl -X POST https://api.operate.as/v1/actions/microsoft-365-admin.admin_admin_get_admin \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "input": {}
  }'

curl -X POST https://api.operate.as/v1/actions/microsoft-365-admin.admin_admin_get_admin \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "input": {}  }'

Every input, with its JSON Schema: GET /v1/actions/microsoft-365-admin.admin_admin_get_admin

Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "data": {
    "…": "the service's own response"
  },
  "encoding": "json"
}

{  "status": 200,  "data": {    "…": "the service's own response"  },  "encoding": "json"}

Pass-through

Paths continue from https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0. Your Operate As key goes in Authorization; the client's access is added for you.

See Pass-through requests for the full request and response format.

Call any endpoint

curl "https://api.operate.as/v1/clients/6f1c2a7e-.../microsoft-365-admin/..." \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

curl "https://api.operate.as/v1/clients/6f1c2a7e-.../microsoft-365-admin/..." \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPERATE_AS_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "status": 200,
  "data": {
    "…": "the service's own response"
  },
  "encoding": "json"
}

{  "status": 200,  "data": {    "…": "the service's own response"  },  "encoding": "json"}

When access ends

Operate As renews the sign-in before it runs out and checks it daily. If Microsoft refuses to renew it, the service shows Expired, you're alerted, and your client reconnects from the same link.

See Keeping access alive and Removing access.

Calls answer

HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "detail": "Miller Dental's Microsoft access ended. Send them their link to reconnect."
}

HTTP/1.1 409 ConflictContent-Type: application/json{  "detail": "Miller Dental's Microsoft access ended. Send them their link to reconnect."}

Your webhook receives

{
  "id": "evt_3f9a1c…",
  "type": "connection.expired",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-16T08:00:00+00:00",
  "data": {
    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",
    "clientName": "Miller Dental",
    "provider": "microsoft",
    "services": [
      "microsoft-365-admin"
    ],
    "reconnectUrl": "https://…"
  }
}

{  "id": "evt_3f9a1c…",  "type": "connection.expired",  "createdAt": "2026-10-16T08:00:00+00:00",  "data": {    "clientId": "6f1c2a7e-...",    "clientName": "Miller Dental",    "provider": "microsoft",    "services": [      "microsoft-365-admin"    ],    "reconnectUrl": "https://…"  }}