Tag Archives: MSAL
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 […]
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 […]
Azure AD Multi tenant Azure App registration consent
This article looks at Azure Active directory and consent with multi-tenant Azure App registrations. Consent works different depending on the user type, the tenant policies and the required permissions. It is sometimes hard to understand why a user cannot login or where the consent has to be given for a specific Azure App registration which […]
Secure ASP.NET Core GRPC API hosted in a Linux kestrel Azure App Service
This article shows how to implement a secure GRPC API service implemented in ASP.NET Core and hosted on an Azure App Service using Linux and kestrel. An application Azure App registration is used to implement the security together with Microsoft.Identity.Web. A client credentials flow is used to acquire an application access token and the GRPC […]
Debug Logging Microsoft.Identity.Client and the MSAL OAuth client credentials flow
This post shows how to add debug logging to the Microsoft.Identity.Client MSAL client which is used to implement an OAuth2 client credentials flow using a client assertion. The client uses the MSAL nuget package. PII logging was activated and the HttpClient was replaced to log all HTTP requests and responses from the MSAL package. Code: […]
Securing OAuth Bearer tokens from multiple Identity Providers in an ASP.NET Core API
This article shows how to secure and use different APIs in an ASP.NET Core API which support OAuth access tokens from multiple identity providers. Access tokens from Azure AD and from Auth0 can be be used to access data from the service. Each API only supports a specific token from the specific identity provider. Microsoft.Identity.Web […]
Azure AD Access Token Lifetime Policy Management in ASP.NET Core
This article shows how the lifespan of access tokens can be set and managed in Azure AD using ASP.NET Core Razor pages with Microsoft Graph API and token lifetime policies. A TokenLifetimePolicy can be created for the whole tenant or used for specific Azure App Registrations. Code: Azure AD Token Management Posts in this series […]
Using multiple APIs in Blazor with Microsoft Entra ID authentication
The post shows how to create a Blazor application which is hosted in an ASP.NET Core application and provides a public API which uses multiple downstream APIs. Both the Blazor client and the Blazor API are protected by Azure AD authentication. The Blazor UI Client is protected like any single page application. This is a […]
WPF Azure AD signin with Sharepoint Online API call using Graph API
This article shows how a native WPF application could authenticate and authorize using an Azure Active Directory App Registration and then upload and download files in Sharepoint Online. The Graph API is used to access Sharepoint. Other Sharepoint libraries will NOT work if using an Azure AD signin. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/WpfAzureADSharepointOnlineGraphApi Setup the Azure Active Directory […]
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