Category App Service
ASP.NET Core delegated Microsoft OBO access token management (Entra only)
This blog shows how to implement a delegated Microsoft On-Behalf-Of flow in ASP.NET Core, and has a focus on access token management. The solution uses Microsoft.Identity.Web to implement the different flows and it really simple to implement, when you know how to use the Nuget package and use the correct Microsoft documentation. The application can […]
Microsoft Entra ID App-to-App security architecture
This article looks at the different setups when using App-to-App security with Microsoft Entra ID (OAuth client credentials). Microsoft Entra App registrations are used to configure the OAuth clients and resources. For each tenant, an Enterprise application is created for the client App registration when the consent is granted. The claims in the access token […]
Using Blob storage from ASP.NET Core with Entra ID authentication
This article shows how to implement a secure upload and a secure download in ASP.NET Core using Azure blob storage. The application uses Microsoft Entra ID for authentication and also for access to the Azure Blob storage container. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreEntraIdBlobStorage Blogs in this series Security architecture The application is setup to store the file uploads […]
Securing a MudBlazor UI web application using security headers and Microsoft Entra ID
This article shows how a Blazor application can be implemented in a secure way using MudBlazor UI components and Microsoft Entra ID as an identity provider. The MudBlazor UI components adds some inline styles and requires a specific CSP setup due to this and the Blazor WASM script requirements. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/MicrosoftEntraIDMudBlazor Setup The application is […]
Implement a secure web application using Vue.js and an ASP.NET Core server
This article shows how to implement a secure web application using Vue.js and ASP.NET Core. The web application implements the backend for frontend security architecture (BFF) and deploys both technical stack distributions as one web application. HTTP only secure cookies are used to persist the session. Microsoft Entra ID is used as the identity provider […]
Implement a secure web application using nx Standalone Angular and an ASP.NET Core server
This article shows how to implement a secure web application using Angular and ASP.NET Core. The web application implements the backend for frontend security architecture (BFF) and deploys both technical stack distributions as one web application. HTTP only secure cookies are used to persist the session. Microsoft Entra ID is used as the identity provider […]
ASP.NET Core Logging using Serilog and Azure
This article shows how to implement logging in an ASP.NET Core application using Serilog and Azure as a hosting environment. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/aspnetcore-azure-logging History Priority logging use cases Two types of default logging use cases need to be supported in most software solutions. The application requires near real time logs which can be easily viewed and […]
Implementing secure Microsoft Graph application clients in ASP.NET Core
The article looks at the different way a Microsoft Graph application client can be implemented and secured in an ASP.NET Core application or a .NET application. This type of client is intended for applications or application logic where no user is involved. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/MicrosoftGraphAppToAppSecurity Accessing Microsoft Graph can be initialized for app-to-app (application permissions) security […]
Sharing Microsoft Graph permissions and solution Azure App Registrations
This article looks at using Microsoft Graph permissions in Azure App registrations and whether you should use Graph in specific Azure App registrations types and if it is ok to expose these with other scopes and roles. Is it ok to expose Graph permissions in public Azure App registrations? Using Graph with public applications As […]
Create Azure App Registration for API using Powershell
This post shows how to setup an Azure App registration using Powershell for an application access token using an application role. In Azure roles are used for App only, scopes are used for delegated flows (Or roles for users). The Azure App registration uses OAuth2 with the client credentials flow. A secret and a client_id […]
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