Microsoft Graph developer resources

Working with the Microsoft Graph API? Use the following Microsoft Graph developer resources to guide your journey.

Microsoft Graph Dev Center

Bookmark the Microsoft Graph Dev Center for easy access to API docs, tools, code samples, SDKs, and more.

Microsoft Graph Dev Center: https://developer.microsoft.com/graph/rest-api

Microsoft Graph Dev Account

Join the Microsoft 365 Developer program to create a sandbox that you can use to develop and test your API integration.

Microsoft 365 Developer Program registration: https://developer.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/dev-program

Microsoft Graph Docs

Read the Microsoft Graph docs to learn basic concepts and explore advanced topics like authentication, best practices, and more. Then consult the API Reference section of the docs for details about API objects & methods.

Microsoft Graph docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/overview
API Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/api/overview

** Hint: To find a specific topic in the docs, use the Filter by title textbox that’s located above the table of contents.

Microsoft Graph SDKs

Find the SDK for your language of choice, then follow instructions in its GitHub README page to install and use the SDK. All Microsoft Graph SDKs are published to GitHub.

SDK info in the docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/sdks/sdks-overview
GitHub: https://github.com/microsoftgraph

Microsoft Graph API tutorials, code samples, tools, & more

Use the following tutorials, code samples, and tools to accelerate your learning process and streamline your development journey.

Use a Microsoft Graph tutorial to build a basic application that accesses data via Microsoft Graph: https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/tutorials.

Explore code samples in the Microsoft Graph Resources gallery: https://developer.microsoft.com/graph/gallery/?filterBy=Samples.

Find code samples in GitHub by searching the microsoftgraph org’s list of repositories for keywords like example or sample: https://github.com/orgs/microsoftgraph/repositories.

Review code examples in the API Reference section of the docs (for each API method you’ll be using): https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/api/overview.

Use components from the Microsoft Graph Toolkit to easily incorporate Microsoft Graph into your application: https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/toolkit/overview.

Use the Microsoft Graph Explorer to try out Microsoft Graph API requests: https://docs.microsoft.com/graph/graph-explorer/graph-explorer-overview.

Microsoft Graph support

Turn to the following resources for help when you’re stuck.

Use the microsoft-graph-api tag to search for previously asked questions on Stack Overflow, and/or to post your own questions there: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/microsoft-graph-api.