Azure for Developers: Authenticating to Azure Services Using the Microsoft Identity Platform

This course shows you how to use secure tokens generated by the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) to connect to Azure services in a secure manner.

Introduction

• How to use Microsoft identity platform
• What you should know

1. Registering Service APIs in Azure Active Directory

• Searching application APIs in Azure AD
• Microsoft Graph API permissions
• API permissions for Azure services
• Service API scopes
• Delegated vs. application permissions
• Granting administrator consent

2. Connect to Azure SQL Database Using MSAL Tokens

• Registering Azure SQL Database API permissions
• Getting MSAL token using Azure SQL Database scopes
• Using a MSAL token in ADO.NET
• Using a MSAL token in Entity Framework

3. Connect to Azure Storage Using MSAL Tokens

• Registering Azure Storage API permissions
• Getting MSAL token using Azure Storage scopes
• Using a MSAL token in the Azure Storage SDK
• Using the built-in token providers for the Azure Storage SDK
• Challenge: Query Azure Storage containers using Azure SDK
• Solution: Query Azure Storage containers using Azure SDK

4. Connect to Azure Cognitive Services Using MSAL Tokens

• Registering Azure Cognitive Services API permissions
• Getting MSAL token using Azure Cognitive Services scopes
• Using an MSAL token in an HTTP request

Conclusion

• Next steps