Use existing Entra app in TeamsFx
This section provides information for using existing Microsoft Entra app or manually creates Microsoft Entra app for TeamsFx project. Follow the instruction and make sure all required info is properly set in your TeamsFx project.
Create a Microsoft Entra app
Note
You can skip this part if you already have a Microsoft Entra app. This step can be automated by the aadApp/create
action.
Go to the Azure portal and select Microsoft Entra ID.
Select App Registrations > New registration to create a new Microsoft Entra app:
- Name: The name of your configuration app.
- Supported account types: Select Account in this organizational directory only.
- Leave the Redirect URL field blank for now.
- Select Register.
When the app is registered, you're taken to the app's Overview page. Copy the Application (client) ID, Object ID, and Directory (tenant) ID; it's needed later. Verify that the Supported account types is set to My organization only.
Create client secret for Microsoft Entra app (optional)
Note
You can skip this part if your application doesn't require client secret. This step can be automated by the aadApp/create
action.
Go to app's Certificates & secrets page, select Client Secret and select New client secret.
- Description: The description of your client secret.
- Expires: The expire time of your client secret.
- Select Add.
When the client secret is added, press the copy button under the Value column to copy the Client Secret.
Create access as user scope for Microsoft Entra app (optional)
Note
You can skip this part if your M365 account has permission to update the Microsoft Entra app. We'll create the scope for you. This step can be automated by the aadApp/update
action.
Go to app's Expose an API page, select Add a scope under Scopes defined by this API.
- Select Save and continue.
- Scope name: Fill in access_as_user.
- Who can consent?: Choose Admins and users.
- Admin consent display name: Fill in Teams can access app’s web APIs.
- Admin consent description: Fill in Allows Teams to call the app’s web APIs as the current user.
- User consent display name: Fill in Teams can access app’s web APIs and make requests on your behalf.
- User consent description: Fill in Enable Teams to call this app’s web APIs with the same rights that you have.
- State: Choose Enabled.
- Select Add scope.
On the same page, select Add a client application under Authorized client applications.
- Client ID: Fill in 1fec8e78-bce4-4aaf-ab1b-5451cc387264 which is Client ID for Microsoft Teams on mobile and client.
- Authorized scopes: Choose the existing access_as_user scope.
- Select Add application.
Select again on Add a client application.
- Client ID: Fill in 5e3ce6c0-2b1f-4285-8d4b-75ee78787346 which is Client ID for Teams on web.
- Authorized scopes: Choose the existing access_as_user scope.
- Select Add application.
Go to app's Manifest page, copy the id under oauth2Permissions as Access As User Scope ID.
Get necessary info from existing Microsoft Entra app
Note
You may skip this part if you follow the instruction above to create a Microsoft Entra app.
Go to the Azure portal and select Microsoft Entra ID.
Select App Registrations and find your existing Microsoft Entra app.
Go to app's Overview page, copy the Application (client) ID, Object ID, and Directory (tenant) ID; it's needed later. Verify that the Supported account types is set to My organization only.
Go to app's Certificates & secrets page, press the copy button under the Value column to copy the Client Secret.
Note
If you can't copy the secret, please follow the instruction to create a new client secret.
Go to apps Expose an API page. If you've already added access_as_user scope under Scopes defined by this API and pre-auth the two Teams Client Ids, go to app's Manifest page, copy the id under oauth2Permissions as Access As User Scope ID.
Set necessary info in TeamsFx project
Note
If you don't use aadApp/create
action to create Microsoft Entra application, you can add required environment variables with your preferred name without following the below steps.
Open
teamsapp.yml
and find theaadApp/create
action.Find the environment variable names that store information for Microsoft Entra app in the
writeToEnvironmentFile
property. Below are the defaultwriteToenvironmentFile
definition if you create projects using Teams Toolkit:writeToEnvironmentFile: clientId: AAD_APP_CLIENT_ID clientSecret: SECRET_AAD_APP_CLIENT_SECRET objectId: AAD_APP_OBJECT_ID tenantId: AAD_APP_TENANT_ID authority: AAD_APP_OAUTH_AUTHORITY authorityHost: AAD_APP_OAUTH_AUTHORITY_HOST
Add values for each environment variable from step 2.
Add below environment variables and their values to
env\.env.{env}
file.AAD_APP_CLIENT_ID=<value of Microsoft Entra application's client id (application id)> # example: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 AAD_APP_OBJECT_ID=<value of Microsoft Entra application's object id> # example: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 AAD_APP_TENANT_ID=<value of Microsoft Entra's (tenant) id> # example: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 AAD_APP_OAUTH_AUTHORITY=<value of Microsoft Entra's authority> # example: https://login.microsoftonline.com/<Directory (tenant) ID> AAD_APP_OAUTH_AUTHORITY_HOST=<host of Microsoft Entra's authority> # example: https://login.microsoftonline.com AAD_APP_ACCESS_AS_USER_PERMISSION_ID=<id of access_as_user permission> # example: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
If your application requires a Microsoft Entra app client secret, add below environment variable and its value to
env\.env.{env}.user
file.SECRET_AAD_APP_CLIENT_SECRET=<value of Microsoft Entra application's client secret>
Note
Remember to update the environment variable names in the examples if you use different names in
writeToEnvironmentFile
.
Open Teams Toolkit extension and select Provision in the cloud. Wait until your project is successfully provisioned.
Upload Microsoft Entra app manifest to Azure portal
If Teams Toolkit fails to update Microsoft Entra app, an error message appears:
Insufficient privileges to complete the operation.
If you see the above message, update Microsoft Entra app permission and follow the instructions to update permission.
Find the Microsoft Entra app manifest under
build/aad.manifest.{env}.json
.Copy the content in the manifest file.
Go to the Azure portal and select Microsoft Entra ID.
Select App Registrations and find your existing Microsoft Entra app.
Go to app's Manifest page, paste the manifest content into the editor and select Save to save the changes.
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