Understanding Azure Storage data access permissions
I stumbled a bit today when trying to access a blob in Azure Storage. I made an assumption about the permissions granted to my organizational account....
Posts tagged with: Identity
Use a CLI to get an access token for your AAD Protected Web API
You have an application registration in your tenant that represents the Web API to secure. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/scenario-protected-web-api-overview During development,...
Microsoft Identity Platform: Thoughts on Implicit Grant
The OAuth2 working group recently released a draft of the best practices on how to secure applications using OAuth2 and OpenID Connect....
JWT Expiration as a DateTime string
You have this: Run this: Add-Type -path .\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.dll [Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.EpochTime]::DateTime(1541531797).ToLocalTime() Tuesday, November 6, 2018 1:16:37 PM...
Keep Credentials Secure using Azure Managed Service Identity
Microsoft has announced the General Availability for Managed Service Identity (MSI) for App Service and Azure Functions [https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/appserviceteam/2018/06/26/...
MSAL Configuration and Logging
I previously posted about the logging capabilities in ADALv3 [https://www.schaeflein.net/adal-v3-diagnostic-logging/]. Logging is part of MSAL as well, and works in the same...
Azure AD - Office Hours for Developers
The Microsoft Identity team is excited to announce Office Hours for Developers where we delve into your top-of-mind questions about identity and development with Azure AD....
Webinar: Using Microsoft Flow to automate a B2B approval process
Want to see how Flow combined with a custom web service can help your users? Come to a webinar showing a real-life solution leveraging Microsoft Flow...
ADAL.Net 3.17.0 release
Microsoft has published an update to the Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) [https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/adal-net-3-17-0-released-2/]. Notable enhancements: * Retry-After property when receiving a...
Azure AD: Managed Service Identity preview
Here is a great reason to host your cloud services in Azure: Managed Service Identities [https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/keep-credentials-out-of-code-introducing-azure-ad-managed-service-identity/] Instead of calling the...
Guest access comes to Microsoft Teams
After a long period of development, guest access finally arrives for Microsoft Teams! Based on the Azure AD B2B service, the feature will enable many extranet-type...
Strengthening the Passwords of your Audience
I do a lot of work in the "Identity" space, but I am for sure not the smartest guy in the room. I have...
Updated Azure AD Login screen is coming
As you may have noticed, the login experience for Micrsooft Accounts (MSA) has changed over the last few weeks. This change is coming to Azure AD!...
Azure AD B2B AMA
> This time we’re focusing on a specific topic, how to use Azure AD to easily enable cross-company, cloud based collaboration. Are you looking for...
Vulnerability in Azure AD Connect Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
Microsoft Security Advisory 4033453 Vulnerability in Azure AD Connect Could Allow Elevation of Privilege Published: June 27, 2017 Version: 1.0 Microsoft is releasing this security...