Server Side Code/App for "Add-in architecture for SSO and Microsoft Graph"

Question

Hi,

From our understanding from the following Microsoft article on "Authorize to Microsoft Graph with SSO":

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/develop/authorize-to-microsoft-graph

The best way for an Office Add-in to get authorized access to Microsoft Graph is to use the credentials from the user's Office sign on. This enables them to access their Microsoft Graph data without needing to sign in a second time.

The following diagram shows the steps involved to sign in and access Microsoft Graph.

Our Query -- What type of component/application is "Office Add-in server-side code"? Is it a web-service/web-API?

Thank you.

Arun

Answer 1

Hello Arun Singh,

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Support!

Yes, Office Add-in server-side code is a web-server that provides REST APIs. There is a detailed explanation of this endpoint in the documentation, as shown below:

Hope this helps.

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Answer 2

Hello Arun Singh,

Thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Support!

Yes, Office Add-in server-side code is a web server that provides REST APIs. There is a detailed explanation of this endpoint in the documentation, as shown below:

Hope this helps.

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