Developing Applications with Azure Active Directory, 1st ed.
Principles of Authentication and Authorization for Architects and Developers

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Explore tools for integrating resources and applications with Azure Active Directory for authentication and authorization. This book starts with an introduction to Azure Active Directory (AAD) where you will learn the core concepts necessary to understand AAD and authentication in general. You will then move on to learn OpenID Connect and OAuth along with its flows, followed by a deep dive into the integration of web applications for user-based authentication. Next, you go through user authentication and how to enable the integration of various native applications with AAD. This is followed by an overview of authenticating applications along with a detailed discussion on collaboration with external users and other AD tenants. 

Moving forward, Developing Applications with Azure Active Directory covers using schemas of AD objects, such as users, to add custom attributes on top of ADD?s predefined attributes. You will see how multi-tenancy can be supported in Azure AD as well as how to design authorization with Azure AD.

After reading this book, you will be able to integrate, design, and develop authentication and authorization techniques in Azure Active Directory.

What You Will Learn
  • Integrate applications with Azure AD for authentication
  • Explore various Azure AD authentication scenarios
  • Master core Azure AD concepts
  • Integrate external users and tenants

Who is this book for:

The book will be useful for architects and developers, planning to use Azure AD for authentication. 
Chapter 1:  Introduction To AAD

Chapter Goal: This chapter will introduce core concepts necessary to understand Azure AD and authentication/ authorization in general.

No of pages    10-15

Sub -Topics

1.       Core AD concepts

2.       Key Terms (Authentication Vs. Authorization, Token - JWT, SAML, Identity, SPN, OAuth, Tenant, Client, Resource, Claims, Multi-tenant)

3.       Azure AD understanding and need

4.       Azure B2C

5.       Azure B2B

Chapter 2:  OAuth flows/ OpenID Connect

Chapter Goal: This chapter introduces 2.  OpenID Connect, OAuth and its flows.

No of pages: 10-15

Sub - Topics  

1.      Types of token: ID Token, Access Token, Refresh Token

2.       OpenID Connect

3.       Implicit Flow

4.       Code Grant Flow

5.       On Behalf Of

6.       Client Credentials

Chapter 3: User Authentication Web App

Chapter Goal: In this chapter we dive deep into integrating web applications with Azure AD, for user-based authentication

No of pages: 25-30

Sub - Topics: 

1.       Single Page Application (Implicit Flow)

2.       Web-App to Web API (Code Grant Flow, Token storage: Cookie based/ Distributed cache/ ADAL/ Session Storage/ Local Storage)

3.       Web-App to Azure Function Endpoint (Code Grant Flow)

4.       API1 to API1 (On Behalf Of)

5.       Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication

6.       Authentication for Integration tests

7.       Authentication for Build Verification Test

 

Chapter 4: User Authentication Native App

Chapter Goal: In this chapter we dive deep enabling integration of various native applications with Azure AD, for user-based authentication

No of pages: 10-15

Sub - Topics:

1.       Console - Web-Job, Azure Functions

2.       WPF

3.       UWP

4.       Android

Chapter 5: Application Authentication

Chapter Goal: Understand authenticating applications with Azure AD

No of pages: 5-10

Sub - Topics:

1.       Client Credentials

2.       Certificate based Authentication

Chapter 6: Authenticating External Users

Chapter Goal: This chapter covers collaboration with external users and other AD tenants

No of pages: 15-20

Sub - Topics:

1.       Azure B2B

2.       Azure B2C

Chapter 7: Azure AD Schema Extensions

Chapter Goal: Covers extending schema of AD objects like users etc. to add custom attributes on top of attributes predefined by Azure AD

No of pages: 10-15

Sub - Topics:

1.       Need for schema extensions

2.       CRUD operations using C#

3.       CRUD operations using PowerShell

Chapter 8: Multi-tenancy

Chapter Goal: Understand how to support multi-tenancy in Azure AD

No of pages: 10-15

Sub - Topics:

1.       Introduction

2.       Application design for Multi-tenancy

3.       Storage design for Multi-tenancy

Chapter 9: Introduction to Authorization using AAD

Chapter Goal: This chapter introduces designing authorization with Azure AD

No of pages: 15-20

Sub - Topics:

1.       Role based Authorization

2.       Claims based Authorization

3.       Policy based Authorization

4.       Resource base Authorization

5.      Security Group

Manas is currently working as a senior consultant with Microsoft and has 12+ years of experience in IT. He has diverse experience in both products and custom support. He has  4+ years of experience as development/ technical lead, ensuring end-to-end delivery of custom solutions from project requirements to stabilization.

Mohit is currently working as a software engineer at Microsoft and has 7+ years of experience in software development and architecture in Azure.

Comprehensive guide for architects trying to understand the various options available with Azure AD

Offers a variety of practical examples ranging from basic to advanced topics

Consists of code snippets and references, using .NET core