Google Drive MCP Server vs OneDrive MCP Server (Microsoft MCP)

Google Drive MCP Server and OneDrive MCP Server (Microsoft MCP) are both MCP servers but differ in their categories and capabilities. Google Drive MCP Server (productivity, filesystem) is Anthropic's reference Model Context Protocol server for Google Drive — and a retired one, which is the first thing to know about it. The repository moved to modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived and was archived on 2025-05-28 with no commits since, while the npm package @modelcontextprotocol/server-gdrive stays published at 2025.1.14, so `npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-gdrive` still installs and runs without warning you. It is also much smaller than its reputation. The server exposes exactly one tool — `search`, which takes a query string and returns matching file names and MIME types. Everything else is MCP resources: files are addressed as `gdrive:///<file_id>`, with Google Workspace formats exported automatically (Docs to Markdown, Sheets to CSV, Presentations to plain text, Drawings to PNG) and all other file types served in their native format. Clients that do not surface resources well therefore look like the server is broken when it is behaving exactly as documented. Authentication is read-only by construction: the setup asks for the `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly` scope on an OAuth Client ID of type Desktop App, which means there is no tool here that can create, edit, move or reshare anything. The flow is manual — create a Google Cloud project, enable the Drive API, configure the consent screen, download the client key file, rename it to `gcp-oauth.keys.json` in the repo root, then run `node ./dist auth` once to write `.gdrive-server-credentials.json` beside it; a Docker path exists that mounts the key file and persists credentials in an `mcp-gdrive` volume. For maintained Drive access with writes, sharing controls and shared-drive support, the community server most teams move to is taylorwilsdon/google_workspace_mcp (PyPI `workspace-mcp`), which covers Drive as one of twelve Google Workspace services on a single connection. See the setup guide on this page for the full comparison. while OneDrive MCP Server (Microsoft MCP) (filesystem, productivity) is Microsoft MCP (elyxlz/microsoft-mcp) is a community-built MCP server that wraps the Microsoft Graph API to give AI assistants access to OneDrive files alongside Outlook mail, Calendar, and Contacts in a single unified integration — useful since most OneDrive usage happens inside the same Microsoft 365 account as email and scheduling. The file toolset covers list_files (paginated OneDrive browsing), get_file (download content), create_file (upload), update_file, delete_file, search_files, and a cross-surface unified_search tool that searches emails, events, and files together in one call, letting a client answer "find the contract I emailed myself last week" without knowing whether it lives in Mail or OneDrive. The server supports multiple simultaneous Microsoft accounts (personal, work, school) via list_accounts/authenticate_account/complete_authentication tools using device-code OAuth. Setup requires a free Azure App Registration (Microsoft Entra ID → App registrations, public client flow enabled) with delegated Files.ReadWrite, Mail.ReadWrite, Calendars.ReadWrite, Contacts.Read, and People.Read permissions, then an MICROSOFT_MCP_CLIENT_ID environment variable. Install via `uvx --from git+https://github.com/elyxlz/microsoft-mcp.git microsoft-mcp`, or `claude mcp add microsoft-mcp -e MICROSOFT_MCP_CLIENT_ID=your-app-id -- uvx --from git+https://github.com/elyxlz/microsoft-mcp.git microsoft-mcp` for one-line Claude Code setup. Not an official Microsoft release..

Choose Google Drive MCP Server if you need productivity capabilities and prefer npm installation. Choose OneDrive MCP Server (Microsoft MCP) if you need filesystem capabilities and prefer source installation. Consider your specific use case and integration requirements.

Yes, you can use multiple MCP servers together in Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients.Google Drive MCP Server and OneDrive MCP Server (Microsoft MCP)can complement each other if their capabilities don't overlap.