Group & Role Claims: Use the Graph API to Get Back IsInRole() and [Authorize] in Windows Azure AD Apps

Group & Role Claims: Use the Graph API to Get Back IsInRole() and [Authorize] in Windows Azure AD Apps

Welcome to a new installment of the “addressing the most common questions about Windows Azure AD development” series! This time I am going to tackle one question that I know is very pressing for many of you guys: How do I get role and group membership claims for users signing in via Windows…

Using the JWT handler for Implementing “Poor Man”’s Delegation/ActAs

Using the JWT handler for Implementing “Poor Man”’s Delegation/ActAs

After much abstract thought (very well received! thank you! :-)) it’s time to get back to some good old C#, or you’ll think I’ve gone soft 🙂 Say that you have a Web application protected via claims-based identity. Say that your application occasionally reaches out to a backend service, and that the service…

OAuth 2.0 and Sign-In

OAuth 2.0 and Sign-In

[a huge THANK YOU to my friend Mike Jones for his invaluable feedback and advice about this long and complicated post] If there’s a question that I dread receiving – and I receive it very often nonetheless, even from colleagues – is the following: “Why can’t I provision in ACS OAuth 2.0 providers…