Azure AD Application Proxy & Windows Application executables

Question

Hi y'all,

At the moment I'm doing my first experiences with Azure AD Application Proxy.

Question: Is it possible to provide Single Sign On and Conditional Access for traditional native client / server applications?
Our company has about 10 pretty old Windows applications (Active Directory authenticated) and connected to a server.

Would Azure AD Application Proxy be a solution for this kind of applications or is this not possible at all?

Web Apps are working great. So my question is only for the Windows Application executables.

Answer 1

Hello @Leo Johnson ,

You can use Azure Active Directory Application Proxy to publish web apps, but it also can be used to publish native client applications that are configured with the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL).

To publish native applications, use the Microsoft Authentication Library, which takes care of authentication and supports many client environments. Application Proxy fits into the Desktop app that calls a web API on behalf of a signed-in user scenario.

This article walks you through the four steps to publish a native application with Application Proxy and the Azure AD Authentication Library.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/manage-apps/application-proxy-configure-native-client-application

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