Authentication in UWP Application

Question

We are planning to implement Windows 10 UWP Application. We would like to authenticate user while accessing API Services hosted in Cloud.

Previously, we used the Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory NuGet package for authenticating in windows store 8.1. How do we authenticate user in Windows UWP Applications? I think AAD code for Windows Store and Windows Phone is different, how can we leverage AAD library for Windows 10 UWP applications. I have heard of Token Broker Authentication Architecture. Will this work for Azure Active Directory in addition to Facebook, etc.?

Please let me know if there is a workaround for AAD library to work in both Phone and Store (i.e. Universal App).

Answer 1

If you have an Native App that wants to access an API on Azure and authenticate with oAuth you need to use "OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code Flow" as describe on https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/active-directory-v2-protocols-oauth-code/.

This requires that you both your native app and api in the Azure Directory.

In https://azure.microsoft.com/nl-nl/documentation/articles/active-directory-devquickstarts-windowsstore/ a sample is given of a UWP App that accesses the graph.microsoft.com API, but you can replace this by your own API.

Sander,

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