Unable to authenticate while adding service reference to SOAP Web service

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Unable to authenticate while adding service reference to SOAP Web service

Karthikeyan Rajagopalan 1

I have deployed a ASP.NET web service in Azure. Authentication is added by specifying Microsoft as identity provider.

The settings for the service in Azure is as below:-

Supported account types: Any Azure AD directory & personal Microsoft accounts
App Service authentication: Enabled
Restrict access: Require authentication
Unauthenticated requests: Return HTTP 401 unauthorized
Token store: Enabled
Allowed external redirect URLs: Configured

When I try to add a service reference in a stand alone C# application, the discovery service prompts for credentials, but does not seem to accept my corporate account (tied to MSDN subscription with Azure benefits) nor my personal account (hotmail). What could be the issue?

Marilee Turscak-MSFT 37,396 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-05-31T19:27:57.903+00:00

Could you describe which errors you see when you try to authenticate? If it's the 401 error, you can check the troubleshooting steps in Unauthorized errors (401) while invoking APIs and SOAP-based API Troubleshooting.