SharePoint Online MCP Server 🚀

May 21, 2025 · View on GitHub

SharePoint MCP Server

Most powerful SharePoint MCP server enabling seamless interaction with SharePoint Online through the SharePoint REST API.

This MCP server is designed to be used with the Claude Desktop app, but could be used by other MCP clients such as Cline as well.

SharePoint Operations Availability
- Users
- Sites
- Regional Settings
- Features
- Lists
- List Views
- List Content Types
- List Items
- Site Content Types
- Pages
- Documents
- Taxonomy
Authentication Options
- Option 1: Client Secret Authentication
- Option 2: Certificate Authentication
Install Node.js
Install and Configure Claude Desktop
- Config for Certificate Authentication
- Config for Client Secret Authentication
How to "talk" to the MCP Server
For Contributors

SharePoint Operations Availability

Users

Operation	Available	Notes
List Site Users	✅
List Site Groups	✅
Get Group Members	✅
Add Group Member	✅
Remove Group Member	✅
Get User Profile	❌	/_api/SP.UserProfiles.PeopleManager
Update User Profile	❌

Sites

Operation	Available
Get Site Details	✅
Update Site Properties	✅
Get Global Navigation Links	✅
Get Quick Navigation Links	✅
Add Navigation Link	✅
Update Navigation Link	✅
Delete Navigation Link	✅
Get Subsites	✅
Create Subsite	❌
Delete Subsite	✅

Regional Settings

Operation	Available
Get Regional Settings	✅
Update Regional Settings	❌

Features

Operation	Available
Get Site Collection Features	✅
Get All Site Features	✅
Get Site Feature	✅
Get All Site Feature	✅
Activate Feature	❌
Deactivate Feature	❌

Lists

Operation	Available	Notes
Get All Lists	✅
Create List	✅
Add Site Content Type to list	✅
Remove Content Type from list	✅
Add Field to List Content Type	❌
Remove Field from List Content Type	❌
Update List	✅
Get List Fields	✅
Create List Field	✅	Basic scenarios only
Update List Field	✅
Delete List Field	✅
Set List Field formatting	❌
Set List View formatting	❌
Delete List	✅

List Views

Operation	Available
Get List Views	✅
Delete List View	✅
Create List View	✅
Update List View	✅
Get View Fields	✅
Add View Field	✅
Remove View Field	✅
Remove All View Fields	✅
Move View Field	✅

List Content Types

Operation	Available	Notes
Get All List Content Types	✅
Get List Content Type	✅
Create List Content Type	❌
Update List Content Type	✅	Change CT title and group only
Delete List Content Type	✅

List Items

Operation	Available
Get All List Items	✅
Create List Item	✅
Update List Item	✅
Delete List Item	✅

Site Content Types

Operation	Available	Notes
Get All Site Content Types	✅
Get Site Content Type	✅
Create Site Content Type	❌
Update Site Content Type	✅	Change CT title and group only
Delete Site Content Type	✅

Pages

Operation	Available
Create Modern Page	✅
Delete Modern Page	✅
List Modern Pages	✅
Add Page Web Part	❌
Delete Page Web Part	❌
Move Page Web Part	❌
Update Page Web Part	❌

Documents

Operation	Available
Create Document	❌
Upload Document	❌
Move Document	❌
Copy Document	❌

Taxonomy

Operation	Available
Get Taxonomy Group	❌
Create Taxonomy Label	❌
Update Taxonomy Label	❌
Delete Taxonomy Label	❌

Search

Operation	Available
Search within SharePoint Site	✅

Authentication Options

The server supports two authentication methods:

Client Secret Authentication - Traditional client ID and secret. It's the App-only authentication that is deprecated and will not work after April 2026.
Certificate Authentication - More modern method using Azure AD App Registration with certificate

Option 1: Client Secret Authentication (Will not work after April 2026)

This option requires the SharePoint administrator role.

Configuration steps

⚠️ You need to be a SharePoint tenant admin or a global admin to create a SharePoint app.

Allow SharePoint-only apps

Download and install the SharePoint Online Management Shell from here.
Open PowerShell and run the following command to make sure the SharePoint-only apps are enabled:

Connect-SPOService -Url https://<your-tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com/
Set-SPOTenant -DisableCustomAppAuthentication $false

Create SharePoint-only App with Client Secret

Open https://<your-tenant>.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/appregnew.aspx
Click Generate to create a new client ID and secret.
Fill in the following fields:
- App Domain: www.example.com (or any domain you own)
- Redirect URL: http://example.com
Click Create to create the app.
Copy the Client ID and Client Secret values to a safe place. You will need them later.

Grant App Permissions

Open https://<your-tenant>.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/appinv.aspx
Paste the Client ID value in the App ID field and click Lookup.
Paste the following XML in the App Permission Request XML field:

<AppPermissionRequests AllowAppOnlyPolicy="true">
   <AppPermissionRequest Scope="http://sharepoint/content/tenant" Right="FullControl" />
</AppPermissionRequests>

Click Create and then Trust It to grant the app permissions.

Option 2: Certificate Authentication

Certificate-based authentication provides better security than client secrets. It uses a certificate to prove the identity of the application instead of a shared secret.

⚠️ This option requires the Global administrator role to provide the necessary permissions to the app.

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/Zerg00s/server-sharepoint.git

Create Azure AD App with Certificate

Navigate to the cloned repo and use the provided PowerShell script to create the Azure AD app with certificate:

.\Create-SPAppCertificate.ps1 -AppName "SharePoint-Server-MCP" -CertName "SharePoint-Server-MCP-Cert" -CertPassword "YourSecureP@ssw0rd!"

This script will

Create a self-signed certificate in your certificate store
Register an Azure AD application
Add the certificate to the application
Configure the required SharePoint permissions
Generate configuration files with the necessary settings
Output the claude_desktop_config.json that is compatible with Claude Desktop

After running the script, you'll get an Admin Consent URL. Open it in a browser and sign in as a Global Admin to grant consent for the permissions.

Install Node.js

Install Node.js version: 22.14.0 or later

Install and Configure Claude Desktop

Download Claude Desktop and install it.
In Claude Desktop, go to File > Settings > Developer.
Click Edit Config
Open the claude_desktop_config.json config file in the editor. You can also use the claude_desktop_config.json file generated by the PowerShell script earlier.
Paste the following to the config and update the mcpServers section with your own values:

Config for Certificate Authentication

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-sharepoint": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "server-sharepoint"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AZURE_APPLICATION_ID": "<your-app-id>",
        "AZURE_APPLICATION_CERTIFICATE_THUMBPRINT": "<your-certificate-thumbprint>",
        "AZURE_APPLICATION_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD": "<your-certificate-password>",
        "M365_TENANT_ID": "<your-tenant-id>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config for Client Secret Authentication (not recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-sharepoint": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "server-sharepoint"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SHAREPOINT_CLIENT_ID": "<your-client-id>",
        "SHAREPOINT_CLIENT_SECRET": "<your-client-secret>",
        "M365_TENANT_ID": "<your-tenant-id>"
      }
    }
  }
}

💡Learn how to get the tenant ID from Entra ID

Save the config file and restart Claude Desktop. Make sure to quit the app completely via the tasks tray icon:

How to "talk" to the MCP Server

Open Claude Desktop and ask a question like Get me the list of lists from https://<your-tenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/Dashboard-Communication. Present the results in a table form. don't use code.

Sample result

For Contributors

Build a new npm package

npm run build
npm publish
npx clear-npx-cache
npm cache clean --force

Run MCP Inspector locally

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node build/src/index.js

Clone the repo
nvm use 22.14.0
npm install
Update MCP config in claude_desktop_config.json file. Sample:

For client secret authentication (Will not work after April 2026)

{
"mcpServers": {
  "sharepoint": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "C:\\trash\\server-sharepoint\\build\\index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SHAREPOINT_CLIENT_ID": "aaa2ce0f-7c97-4e51-acd9-4ac99e6831d0",
        "SHAREPOINT_CLIENT_SECRET": "bbb0OFF+aWkua2NJRERUMGduMmhsWDhGUTVPUHJZLXd5dldSemNPUw==",
        "M365_TENANT_ID": "22bcd981-eaa6-475f-aac3-3afca0c35261"
      }
    }
  }
}

For certificate authentication (Recommended)

{
"mcpServers": {
  "sharepoint": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "C:\\trash\\server-sharepoint\\build\\index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AZURE_APPLICATION_ID": "5bc793c7-3eb0-4b86-88bf-b464b2459c4c",
        "AZURE_APPLICATION_CERTIFICATE_THUMBPRINT": "3D38D1D8AC3228CAD35E527D1105101B0B90CE86",
        "AZURE_APPLICATION_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD": "TemporaryP@ssw0rd",
        "M365_TENANT_ID": "11bcd981-eaa6-475f-aac3-3afca0c35261"
      }
    }
  }
}

Make changes to the code
Build the code npm run build
Test with MCP Inspector: npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node build/src/index.js -y