Azure for Developers: Introduction to the Microsoft Identity Platform
1h 5mIntermediate2020-04-27
Authors
Sidney Andrews
Azure MVP and Microsoft Certified Training Regional Lead
Course details
The Microsoft Identity Platform is generating buzz in the developer community—and for good reason. This new platform provides developers with a new, unified system for authentication and authorization with the Microsoft Graph, Microsoft secured APIs, third-party APIs, and even your own APIs. In this course, join instructor Sidney Andrews as he shows developers how to get up and running with the Microsoft Identity Platform. Sidney provides an overview of the platform, along with how to use its Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) in C# code. He covers how to manually authenticate to the Microsoft Identity Platform, including how to register a new application in Azure Active Directory, authenticate an identity, and obtain and use security tokens. He then discusses how to authenticate to the Microsoft Identity Platform using MSAL.
Skills covered
AzureNetwork AdministrationCloud PlatformsNetwork and System AdministrationCloud ComputingMicrosoftDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
Introduction
- Why Microsoft identity platform matters
- What you should know
Overview of the Microsoft Identity Platform
- Microsoft identity platform
- History of the platform
- Platform documentation
- Authentication concepts
- Azure Active Directory applications
Manually Authenticating to the Microsoft Identity Platform
- Registering an Azure AD application
- Basic flow
- Authenticating an identity
- Obtaining a security token
- Using a security token
- Challenge - Obtain a bearer token
- Solution - Obtain a bearer token
Authenticating to the Microsoft Identity Platform with Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL)
- The MSAL on NuGet
- Using MSAL to acquire a token
- Acquiring tokens silently
- Using tokens in subsequent requests
MSAL Authentication Flows
- Authentication flows
- Device code flow
- Client credentials flow
- Challenge- Implement device code flow
- Solution- Implement device code flow
Conclusion
- Next steps