Episode
Securing Services with MSAL
It's common for web, desktop, or even mobile applications to require access to protected resources in their environment. This may be custom Web APIs, Microsoft Graph or some other third-party service.
In the episode, Principal PM Kyle Marsh joins Christos to give us a better understanding on how we can use Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) to secure our daemon services with the OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow.
- [01:07] - What is MSAL?
- [02:26] - How does MSAL compare to ADAL?
- [05:07] - MSAL Language support
- [05:44] - What is the definition of a service?
- [07:55] - Granting access scopes and permissions to a service
- [15:07] - Differences with other app types and dynamic scopes
- [17:17] - MSAL demo
Useful Links
- Overview of Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL)
- Microsoft identity platform and the OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow
- Acquire a token and call Microsoft Graph API using console app's identity
- Client Credentials grant sample code
It's common for web, desktop, or even mobile applications to require access to protected resources in their environment. This may be custom Web APIs, Microsoft Graph or some other third-party service.
In the episode, Principal PM Kyle Marsh joins Christos to give us a better understanding on how we can use Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) to secure our daemon services with the OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow.
- [01:07] - What is MSAL?
- [02:26] - How does MSAL compare to ADAL?
- [05:07] - MSAL Language support
- [05:44] - What is the definition of a service?
- [07:55] - Granting access scopes and permissions to a service
- [15:07] - Differences with other app types and dynamic scopes
- [17:17] - MSAL demo
Useful Links
- Overview of Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL)
- Microsoft identity platform and the OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow
- Acquire a token and call Microsoft Graph API using console app's identity
- Client Credentials grant sample code
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