offline_access
Allows the app to see and update the data you gave it access to, even when users are not currently using the app. This does not give the app any additional permissions.
offline_access is an OpenID Connect (OIDC) scope.
You can use the OIDC scopes to specify artifacts that you want returned in Microsoft identity platform authorization and token requests. The Microsoft identity platform v1.0 and v2.0 endpoints support OIDC scopes differently.
With the Microsoft identity platform v1.0 endpoint, only the openid scope is used. You specify it in the scope parameter in an authorization request to return an ID token when you use the OpenID Connect protocol to sign in a user to your app. For more information, see Microsoft identity platform and OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow. To successfully return an ID token, you must also make sure that the User.Read permission is configured when you register your app.
With the Microsoft identity platform v2.0 endpoint, you specify the offline_access scope in the scope parameter to explicitly request a refresh token when using the OAuth 2.0 or OpenID Connect protocols. With OpenID Connect, you specify the openid scope to request an ID token. You can also specify the email scope, profile scope, or both to return additional claims in the ID token. You don't need to specify the User.Read permission to return an ID token with the v2.0 endpoint. For more information, see OpenID Connect scopes.
The Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) currently specifies offline_access, openid, profile, and email by default in authorization and token requests. Therefore, for the default case, if you specify these scopes explicitly, the Microsoft identity platform might return an error.
| Category | Application | Delegated |
|---|---|---|
| Identifier | - | 7427e0e9-2fba-42fe-b0c0-848c9e6a8182 |
| DisplayText | - | Maintain access to data you have given it access to |
| Description | - | Allows the app to see and update the data you gave it access to, even when users are not currently using the app. This does not give the app any additional permissions. |
| AdminConsentRequired | Yes | No |
Graph Methods
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This permission does not have any graph methods published.