Tag Archives: OIDC
Implement app roles authorization with Azure AD and ASP.NET Core
This post shows how to implement Azure AD App roles and applied to users or groups in Azure AD. The roles are used in an ASP.NET Core Razor page application as well as a ASP.NET Core API. The roles from the access token and the id token are used to authorize the identity which is […]
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 […]
Using multiple APIs in Angular and ASP.NET Core with Microsoft Entra ID authentication
This article shows how an Angular application could be used to access many APIs in a secure way. An API is created specifically for the Angular UI and the further APIs can only be access from the trusted backend which is under our control. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/MicrosoftEntraIDAuthMicrosoftIdentityWeb Posts in this series History Setup The applications are […]
Using Microsoft Graph API delegated clients in ASP.NET Core
This post shows how Microsoft Graph API can be used in both ASP.NET Core UI web applications and also ASP.NET Core APIs for delegated identity flows. The ASP.NET Core applications are secured using Microsoft.Identity.Web. In the API project, the Graph API client is used in a delegated flow with user access tokens getting an access […]
Using Key Vault certificates with Microsoft.Identity.Web and ASP.NET Core applications
This post shows how Azure Key Vault certificates can be used with Microsoft.Identity.Web in an ASP.NET Core application which requires a downstream “access_as_user” API. The Microsoft Entra ID App Registrations requires a certificate instead of a client secret. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/MicrosoftEntraIDAuthMicrosoftIdentityWeb Posts in this series History 2023-11-28 Updated to .NET 8 Creating the Key Vault certificates […]
Angular SPA with an ASP.NET Core API using Azure AD Auth and user access tokens
This post shows how to authenticate an Angular SPA application using Azure AD and consume secure data from an ASP.NET Core API which is protected by Azure AD. Azure AD App registrations are used to configure and setup the authentication and authorization. The Angular application uses the OpenID Connect Code flow with PKCE and the […]
Login and use an ASP.NET Core API with Azure AD Auth and user access tokens
In this blog post, Azure AD will be setup and used to authenticate and authorize an ASP.NET core Razor Page application which uses an API from a separate ASP.NET Core MVC project. User access tokens are used to access to API, so that an email can be used in the API. The API is not […]
Securing an Angular application using Azure B2C
This article shows how to secure an Angular application using Azure B2C with OpenID Connect Code Flow and PKCE. The silent renew is supported using refresh tokens. Code: Angular Azure B2C History 2021-11-22 Updated to Angular OIDC 13.0.0 2021-07-20 Updated to Angular OIDC 12.0.2 Setting up Azure B2C In the Azure portal, create a new […]
Send MFA signin requirement to OpenID Connect server using ASP.NET Core Identity and IdentityServer4
This post adds the custom ASP.NET Core Identity, IdentityServer4 logic to check for the “acr_values” and react if a client application requests MFA for authentication. The “acr_values” parameter is used to pass the mfa value from the client to the server in the authentication request. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreHybridFlowWithApi Blogs in this series Force ASP.NET Core OpenID […]
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