I want to know the expiration date for Client ID and Client Secret for one of the registered app in Azure

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I want to know the expiration date for Client ID and Client Secret for one of the registered app in Azure

Shaik Ashik 0

I want to know the expiration date for Client ID and Client Secret for one of the registered app in Azure. Do you wany additional details, please let me know

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Navya 20,575 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hi @Shaik AshikI understand you want to know the expiration date for the Client ID and Client Secret of one of the registered applications in Microsoft Entra ID.

The Client ID, also known as the Application ID, does not have an expiration date. It is a unique identifier for the registered application and remains constant throughout the application's lifecycle. You can find the Application ID under the Overview section of the application.

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Client Secrets on the other hand, do expire. During the creation of a client secret, you have the option to set the expiration period—such as 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, or a custom duration. The recommended expiration time is 3 months for enhanced security.

To check the expiration date of a Client Secret for a registered application in Microsoft Entra/Azure, follow these steps:

Sign in to Microsoft Entra ID.
Navigate to App registrations.
Select your application.
Go to Certificates & secrets. There, you will see the list of client secrets along with their expiration dates

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Shaik Ashik 0 Reputation points

2025-05-09T06:22:33.27+00:00

Hi Team,

Thanks for the quick response. My App was registered under Enterprise Application. here i dont see anything related to certificates or API permissions. Please find the attached image
Navya 20,575 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-05-09T09:59:10.09+00:00

Hi @Shaik Ashik

Client secrets and API permissions are available under App registrations, not in Enterprise applications.Certificates are available in both App registrations and Enterprise applications. If you're looking for certificates under Enterprise applications, you can find them under the Single sign-on option > SAML > SAML certificates.

May I know which authorization protocol you are using SAML or OAuth?
Shaik Ashik 0 Reputation points

2025-05-09T13:11:21.6833333+00:00

I will explain my request clearly. We are trying to fetch the files from sharepoint using postman tool. If we need postman API to get interact with sharepoint and its files we need to generate access token. This access tokens can be created using client ID, Client Secret and tenant ID.

This client ID and Client Secret was generated from sharepoint app permissions through appregnew.aspx and appinv.aspx pages. Once app permissions created we can see the same App in Azure under App Registrations. When we checked the App in Azure it shows under Enterprise Applications. But we dont have the details like when this App's client secret will get expire.

Hence we need to know these details.
Navya 20,575 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-05-09T13:18:04.4533333+00:00

Hi @Shaik Ashik

Thank you for providing more details on this.

Have you checked the Client ID by searching for it under App Registrations?

If you use the appregnew.aspx and appinv.aspx pages to generate the client ID and client secret, the application will be available in SharePoint, not in Microsoft Entra ID. For your reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/solution-guidance/security-apponly-azureacs
Navya 20,575 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-05-12T05:05:02.8+00:00

Hi @Shaik Ashik

Just checking in to see if above information was helpful. If you have any further updates on this issue, please feel free to post back.

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