Azure for Developers: Introduction to the Microsoft Identity Platform

Get up and running with the Microsoft Identity Platform. This course steps through the fundamentals of the platform, along with how to use MSAL in C# code.

Introduction

• Why Microsoft identity platform matters
• What you should know

1. Overview of the Microsoft Identity Platform

• Microsoft identity platform
• History of the platform
• Platform documentation
• Authentication concepts
• Azure Active Directory applications

2. 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

3. 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

4. MSAL Authentication Flows

• Authentication flows
• Device code flow
• Client credentials flow
• Challenge: Implement device code flow
• Solution: Implement device code flow

Conclusion

• Next steps