AAD Application not provisioned when toggling Sharepoint "Workflows can use app permissions" feature

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AAD Application not provisioned when toggling Sharepoint "Workflows can use app permissions" feature

Hre 6

Hi.

I have a sharepoint teamsite where the 'Workflows can use app permissions' was enabled. This created an application in AAD named 'Workflow' and all was working as expected.
But the 'Workflow' application in AAD was deleted by mistake. In order to have it recreated, I tried to toggle the "Workflows can use app permissions", but this does not (re)create the 'Workflow' application in AAD.

How can I get the 'Workflow' application in AAD created so I can use elevated permission in the associated workflow (is edited in SPD) ?

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JamesTran-MSFT 36,911 Microsoft Employee Moderator

@Hre
Thank you for your post!

When it comes to the "Workflow" application that was created in Azure AD, if you're still within the 30 day window since app deletion, you can see all the applications in a soft deleted state within the Azure Portal.

To view your restorable applications

Sign in to the Azure portal.
Search and select Azure Active Directory, select App registrations, and then select the Deleted applications tab.

Pleas keep in mind that when an app registration is deleted from the organization, the app is in a suspended state and its configurations are preserved. When you restore an app registration, its configurations are also restored. However, if there were any organization-specific settings in Enterprise applications for the application's home tenant, those will not be restored. For more info.

If you have any other questions, please let me know.
Thank you for your time and patience throughout this issue.

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JamesTran-MSFT 36,911 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-05-30T18:18:45.57+00:00

HanusReinert-1611
I just wanted to check in and see if you had any other questions or if you were able to resolve this issue?
Hre 6 Reputation points

2022-05-31T09:00:09.02+00:00

Thanks for your answer.

I can't see any Workflow applications within 'App registrations' . I can only see them within 'Enterprise applications (filter: all applications).

However, I found an (alternate) way to (re)create the 'Workflow' application. After deleting the 'Workflow' AAD application , I deactivated the 'Workflows can use app permissions' Sharepoint feature and deleted the app in App Permissions (appprincipals.aspx). I also deleted the web properties related to 'Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServices.*'.

If I then enable the 'Workflows can use app permissions' feature, the related AAD app is also created and bound to the app identifier.
JamesTran-MSFT 36,911 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-05-31T16:14:18.48+00:00

@Hre
I'm glad that you were able to resolve your issue and thank you for sharing your solution, so that others experiencing the same thing can easily reference this!

If you have any other questions, please let me know.
Thank you again for your time and patience throughout this issue.

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