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Easy Hack to get a .NET Standard REST API

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Everyone’s favorite Visual Studio Feature! LINKED ITEMS! 😊 I literally generated a client using the ‘Add REST API Client’ in the .NET Framework project and the PCL project and then linked them into a .NET Standard project and neither codebases threw compiler errors. However, this is no reason for the good folks on the Visual … Continue reading Easy Hack to get a .NET Standard REST API

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Attaching the Bearer Token to Claims Identity in ASP.NET Core to implement On-Behalf-Of Flow

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When you setup an ASP.NET Core web API project and go through the wizard to associate it with an Azure Active Directory tenant it will add the necessary plumbing within your project to get it all working. However, if you are ever in a place where you need to use on-behalf-of flow to obtain another … Continue reading Attaching the Bearer Token to Claims Identity in ASP.NET Core to implement On-Behalf-Of Flow

Azure Active Directory B2C Global Administrator can’t login to B2C tenant app

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I have been doing some testing with the Azure Active Directory Graph API and encountered some issues when using my global administrator account to attempt login to one of the application’s I registered within the B2C tenant. In doing so, I discovered something interesting about the Global Administrator accounts within the Azure AD B2C tenant. … Continue reading Azure Active Directory B2C Global Administrator can’t login to B2C tenant app

Setting up and Managing Azure Active Directory B2C: The Complete Guide to Azure Portal Weirdness

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So I’ve been working a lot with Azure Active Directory B2C recently and thought I would jot down some of the idiosyncrasies I’ve found while using the Azure Portal. The implementation leaves much to be desired and can be very jarring and seem disjointed to new users. I’ll focus on a few of the common … Continue reading Setting up and Managing Azure Active Directory B2C: The Complete Guide to Azure Portal Weirdness

AspNetCore.TestHost + Azure Active Directory (Part II)

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So in my last post on the topic, I was describing some challenges I faced when receiving 401 not authorized errors when attempting to pass a seemingly correct bearer token to my Azure Active Directory protected WebAPI. I’ve discovered the solution. Not only was I able to get it working but it also works flawlessly … Continue reading AspNetCore.TestHost + Azure Active Directory (Part II)

Azure AD B2C Tip: Make sure you explicitly grant permissions between apps with delegated permissions

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I’ve been continuing my journey to deepen my understanding of Active Directory and Active Directory B2C and establish best practices and a reference architecture for creating automated integration tests for a Web API protected by either Azure Active Directory or Azure Active Directory B2C. I wanted to write about an issue that I encountered when … Continue reading Azure AD B2C Tip: Make sure you explicitly grant permissions between apps with delegated permissions

AspNetCore.TestHost + Azure Active Directory (Part I)

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I have been evaluating new practices for implementing Integration Testing WebAPIs and I’ve been trying to use TestHost to test a WebAPI that I have secured with Azure Active Directory. I am able to use PostMan to obtain a bearer token from Azure AD's oauth2/token endpoint and call HTTP GET on '/api/Values'. However, when I … Continue reading AspNetCore.TestHost + Azure Active Directory (Part I)