Adding an external Microsoft login to IdentityServer4

Microsoft Authenticator Identity

This article shows how to implement a Microsoft Account as an external provider in an IdentityServer4 project using ASP.NET Core Identity with a SQLite database. Setting up the App Platform for the Microsoft Account To setup the app, login using your Microsoft account and open the My Applications link https://apps.dev.microsoft.com/?mkt=en-gb#/appList Click the Add an app button. Give the application a name and add your email. This app is called microsoft_id4_enrico. After you clicked the create button, you need to generate a new password. Save this somewhere for the application configuration.…

Meet the Microsoft Pluton processor

Microsoft Pluton

The role of the Windows PC and trust in technology are more important than ever as our devices keep us connected and productive across work and life. Windows 10 is the most secure version of Windows ever, built with end-to-end security for protection from the edge to the cloud all the way down to the hardware. Advancements like Windows Hello biometric facial recognition, built-in Microsoft Defender Antivirus, and firmware protections and advanced system capabilities like System Guard, Application Control for Windows and more have helped Microsoft keep pace with the evolving threat landscape. Today, Microsoft alongside our…

Connect ASP.NET MVC 4.6.2 project to IdentityServer4

I have a website running on ASP.NET MVC 4.5.2. I have an IdentityServer4 server running but when I try and authenticate against it I get an: invalid_request I googled a bit but I can’t find a solution. Finally, I found the way. First, in your IdentityServer4 you have to create a new client: public static IEnumerable GetClients() { return new List<client> { new Client { ClientId = “yourid”, AllowedScopes = new List<string> { “openid” }, AllowedGrantTypes = GrantTypes.Hybrid, RedirectUris = new List { “https://yoururl/signin-oidc” }, } } } When you…

Call API Management from Blazor

azure api management service wallpaper

The title ”Call API Management from Blazor” is not explain fully what I’m going to explain in this post but it is only a title. So, consider the following scenario. Scenario On Azure API Management Service you have your APIs. For more protection, you want to add another level of security asking to the API Management to validate the user token for each request. The token is validated again your own Identity Server. Once the API Management is configured to use Identity Server for the validation, you want to call…

DataTable component for Blazor

DataTable for Blazor

I have just released a new DataTable component for Blazor WebAssembly and Blazor Server. The NuGet package is available here. The source code will be available soon on GitHub. This component supports client/server side paging, filtering and sorting. DataTable in action Installation So, first install the package from NuGet or execute this command or Then, open your index.html or _Host.cshtml and add the CSS in the head of the page and then the script at the bottom of the page Then, add in your _Imports.razor file the following using: Also, in the…