Showing all posts tagged: 'Azure AD'

A 11-post collection

Setting up Managed Identities for ASP.NET Core web app running on Azure App Service

A few weeks ago I wrote about Secure application development with Key Vault and Azure Managed Identities which are managed, behind the scenes, by Azure Active Directory. At the end of that blog post, I promised to show you how to take your app from local development to production seamlessly, leveraging Managed Identities on the Azure App Service. What does the app currently doBefore setting things up on Azure, let's remind ourselves quickly what the application does and where Azure Managed Identities and Key Vault fit. The Razor Web App retrieves two secrets from Key Vault without having to configure …[read more]

Working with Azure EasyAuth (Azure App Service Authentication) and .NET Core 3.1

Working with authentication in your apps can sometimes be tricky and every app has its own constraints. But the Azure platform provides developers and organizations with many options when it comes to implementing authentication and authorization, from fully customized, coded solutions to turn-key authentication with little to no code changes. Imagine the scenario where you already have an app that was coded without authentication. This could be an app that was developer to run internally but now it needs to be moved to Azure. To secure access to the app, you have 2 options: Add authentication in code so that …[read more]

Create a protected .NET Core 3.1 API that calls into MS Graph on behalf of a Power App

In this blog post I'm going to explain how to create a .NET Core API that accepts authenticated requests from a Power App, validates the user and then makes a call into MS Graph to retrieve the appropriate data. All secured via Azure AD while using the latest (and funkiest) Microsoft.Identity.Web library for authentication and the MS Graph SDK for getting the Graph  data. If you haven't used the Microsoft.Identity.Web NuGet package yet,  then I would urge you to have a look at the repo and start integrating it with your ASP.NET Core apps. The …[read more]

Create a .NET Core Deamon app that calls MSGraph with a certificate

A couple of days ago I blogged about pulling OneDrive data with MS Graph in .NET Core. I wrote all the code in a console app because it was the simplest way to get me what I needed. Mind you, a console app is not the best way when it comes to creating user interactive apps but it's convenient. However, convenience comes with a price: I ended up writing a console app that needs user interaction for authenticating the app. So what is the right way to do this? How can we create a headless app/daemon that can still …[read more]

Call MS Graph APIs from ASP.NET Core 3.1

As I spend more time in my role as a PM for Microsoft Identity, the more I realize there is a whole world I don't know about. And as many of the developers out there, I make sure I spend as much time as I can learning new things. Today's learning? Integrating MS Graph into an existing ASP.NET Core 3.1 app. It may sound straightforward, but getting it to work proved a little bit more challenging because our developer story is so new. In addition, I wanted to experience what it would take to add MS Graph to …[read more]

Secure app development with Azure AD, Key Vault and Managed Identities

‌ Or - How to eliminate your application secrets once and for all. Developing applications using security best practices doesn't have to be hard. And yet, many organizations and developers struggle with this since the space is so vast and it's hard to know where to start. However, if you are developing for Azure, then there are some powerful features in place to ensure that you and your team can develop securely end-to-end. The main component is: Azure Managed Identities, which rely on Azure Active Directory. PrerequisitesAn Azure SubscriptionAzure Active DirectoryIf you don't have an Azure subscription, you can get one …[read more]