Bridging authorization standard for cloud storage

A computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a user account, an operation request to perform an operation on data stored at a distributed computing environment. The operation request includes an on-premises token associated with the user account. The method also includes extracting, from the on-premises token, an access scope associated with permissions of the user account for accessing the data stored at the distributed computing environment. The method also includes translating the extracted access scope into query parameters compatible with the data stored at the distributed computing environment. The method also includes determining, using the query parameters, whether the operation request can access the data stored at the distributed computing environment. When the operation request can access the data stored at the distributed computing environment, the method includes executing the operation request.