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

0. Introduction

01 - Why Microsoft identity platform matters
02 - What you should know

1. Overview of the Microsoft Identity Platform

03 - Microsoft identity platform
04 - History of the platform
05 - Platform documentation
06 - Authentication concepts
07 - Azure Active Directory applications

2. Manually Authenticating to the Microsoft Identity Platform

08 - Registering an Azure AD application
09 - Basic flow
10 - Authenticating an identity
11 - Obtaining a security token
12 - Using a security token
13 - Challenge - Obtain a bearer token
14 - Solution - Obtain a bearer token

3. Authenticating to the Microsoft Identity Platform with Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL)

15 - The MSAL on NuGet
16 - Using MSAL to acquire a token
17 - Acquiring tokens silently
18 - Using tokens in subsequent requests

4. MSAL Authentication Flows

19 - Authentication flows
20 - Device code flow
21 - Client credentials flow
22 - Challenge - Implement device code flow
23 - Solution - Implement device code flow

Conclusion

24 - Next steps