Difference between MS Graph and office365

Chittaranjan Swain

7y1.5k.NET

Hi all,

What is the Difference between Microsoft Graph and office365 and why use .

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Nilesh Shah7y ago
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Office 365 in simple most words is Microsoft Office available online as SaaS (the same MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. software you use after installing on your computer now available to be used straight from the browser)
*SaaS = Software as a Service*

Office 365 is much more than those Word, Excel, PowerPoint now

Office 365 is officially defined by Microsoft as:
"Office 365 is a cloud-based subscription service that brings together the best tools for the way people work today. By combining best-in-class apps like Excel and Outlook with powerful cloud services like OneDrive and Microsoft Teams, Office 365 lets anyone create and share anywhere on any device."

For more, see here: https://products.office.com/en-ca/home?ms.url=office365com&rtc=1

Microsoft Graph is a single endpoint to get almost anything in Office 365 thru an API.

The official MS documentation defines MS Graph API as:

“You can use the Microsoft Graph API to interact with the data of millions of users in the Microsoft cloud. Use Microsoft Graph to build apps for organizations and consumers that connect to a wealth of resources, relationships, and intelligence, all through a single endpoint: https://graph.microsoft.com.”

In a nutshell, MS Graph API gives you a single REST API endpoint which you can call to interact with “almost anything” in Office 365.
For more on MS Graph API, read my article here:
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/introduction-to-ms-graph-api/
rachel gomez4y ago
Office 365 services, such as OneNote, Outlook, Excel, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Planner, and SharePoint, are now exposed in Microsoft Graph. Microsoft Graph is a unified API endpoint for accessing data across Microsoft 365, which includes Office 365, Enterprise Mobility, and Security and Windows services. It provides a simplified developer experience, with one endpoint and a single authentication token that gives your app access to data across all these services.
Our recommendation:
If you are starting a new app, please use Microsoft Graph.
If you are maintaining an existing project, use this documentation set for reference. In addition, plan your move to the latest APIs in Microsoft Graph to take advantage of all the new functionality and innovation there.
If you are adding new functionality to an existing project, integrate that new functionality by using Microsoft Graph.
With Microsoft Graph, you can access Office 365 data and more, from solutions across mobile, web, and desktop platforms. So whether you're building web applications by using .NET, PHP, Java, Python, or Ruby on Rails, or creating apps for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), iOS, Android, or on another device platform, it's your choice.
Regards,
Rachel Gomez