Azure posts

ASP.NET Core + Azure Key Vault + Azure AD MSI = Awesome way to do config

Posted on: 06-03-2018

Looks at an example for storing sensitive configuration in Azure Key Vault, and connecting it to the ASP.NET Core configuration pipeline.

How Device Code Flow works in Azure AD

Posted on: 27-02-2018

In-depth walkthrough on the device code authentication flow which can be used by browserless and input-limited devices.

How to detect a request is an Application Insights ping test

Posted on: 24-02-2018

Shows how to know if an HTTP request came from Application Insights availability tests.

Using Azure AD On-Behalf-Of flow in an ASP.NET Core 2.0 API

Posted on: 06-01-2018

How to call another Azure AD protected API from an API as the user calling it.

Using Redis Cache for session data storage in ASP.NET Core

Posted on: 11-12-2017

How to use Redis for storing session data in ASP.NET Core. Examples for using Azure Redis Cache with Azure Web Apps.

AADSTS90094: The grant requires admin permission, how to fix it and why it happens

Posted on: 09-12-2017

How to grant administrator consent for permissions in Azure AD, and some technical details on what exactly it is that Azure AD expected to find before showing this error.

Defining permission scopes and roles offered by an app in Azure AD

Posted on: 03-12-2017

How you can define delegated and app permissions offered by your API, as well as how to assign roles within an app to users.

Azure AD Managed Service Identity

Posted on: 13-10-2017

Walkthrough on how to use the new Managed Service Identity service in Azure to easily authenticate against services with no credentials stored within the app.

ASP.NET Core 2.0 Azure AD Authentication

Posted on: 04-06-2017

Shows you how to enable Azure AD authentication in app using ASP.NET Core 2.0.

Azure AD B2C with ASP.NET Core 1.0

Posted on: 27-08-2016

Tutorial on how to use Azure AD B2C with ASP.NET Core. Provides solutions to some problems developers are going to face.

Hi! My name is Joonas Westlin, I'm a software developer who blogs about ASP.NET Core, Azure, and Web development.

Azure MVP, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Security Engineer Associate, Azure Developer Associate.