---
id: adal
version: "1.2.7"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# adal — Note: This library is already replaced by MSAL Python, available here: https://pypi.org/project/msal/ .ADAL Python remains available here as a legacy. The ADAL for Python library makes it easy for python application to authenticate to Azure Active Directory (AAD) in order to access AAD protected web resources.

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install adal
uv add adal
poetry add adal

## Description

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This library, ADAL for Python, will no longer receive new feature improvements. Instead, use the new library
[MSAL for Python](https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-python).

* If you are starting a new project, you can get started with the
  [MSAL Python docs](https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-python/wiki)
  for details about the scenarios, usage, and relevant concepts.
* If your application is using the previous ADAL Python library, you can follow this
  [migration guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/migrate-python-adal-msal)
  to update to MSAL Python.
* Existing applications relying on ADAL Python will continue to work.

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# Microsoft Azure Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) for Python

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## AI interpretation — verify before relying

ADAL for Python authenticates applications with Azure Active Directory to obtain tokens for accessing Azure AD-protected resources. This library is now superseded by MSAL for Python and receives no new feature development.

Verdict: ADAL is a mature, permissively licensed library with low install friction, but it is abandoned and explicitly superseded by MSAL for Python. Use only for maintaining existing applications; do not adopt for new projects. No known security vulnerabilities are recorded, but the lack of maintenance means future issues will not be addressed.

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