This blog shows how to use MSAL for Python to perform an interactive sign in to Azure AD from running a local python script. The sample also demonstrates how to enable MSAL logging along with how to capture Python SSL web traffic using Fiddler Classic App Registration: You will need to have an Azure AD App Registration with “http://localhost” reply URL configured in the ‘Mobile and desktop applications’ platform The…
Read MoreHow to resolve “No account or login hint was passed to the AcquireTokenSilent” with a Web App and no persistent token cache
You have implemented Microsoft Authentication Library or Microsoft Identity Web and now you are seeing the following error message: No account or login hint was passed to the AcquireTokenSilent The root cause is because the Token Cache is empty when you are trying to acquire a token silently when account was attempted to be pulled from MSAL. So on Web Applications like Asp.Net or Asp.Net Core, this is generally when…
Read MoreHow to Solve Failed Authentication After Publishing App to Google Play Store
Issue Description You successfully implemented Azure AD Authentication in your Android app with the Microsoft Authentication Library. The application built and executed perfectly and passed all QA testing with flying colors. And then you published the application on Google Play. And authentication doesn’t work after installing the app. If you exposed authentication error messages to the user, or had them sent to your team, then you might see an error…
Read MoreMSAL.Net in PowerShell – Use .pfx file for Client Credentials Flow
This post will show you how to authenticate for the client credentials flow in PowerShell with MSAL.Net using the .pfx file for the certificate authentication instead of loading the certificate from the certificate store. This post is in part based on this: Using PowerShell to Configure a signing certificate for a SAML-based SSO enterprise application Also, special thanks to my team members Bac Hoang and Will Fiddes for assisting with…
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