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Linux VM has been able to authenticate to Active Directory via SSSD (System Security Services Daemon), and there has been many articles talking about this. With the infrastructure going towards cloud, the on-premises domain controller is losing its shine and relevance. Microsoft’s alternative is to enable AD Domain Services, and there are articles readily available … Read more
Microsoft has released MSAL for Python. This has helped to shield away complexities in calling the API using urllib3 libraries and meddling with the parameters. In this article, I will provide sample code on how to get the access token using the following credentials type: UserID and Password Client ID and Client Secret User ID … Read more
For advanced users of Azure Graph API, the volume of requests can be huge. And calling the API once for every single request incurs network overheads and will slow down the process if there are huge amount of data to download. Microsoft introduces combining the requests via JSON requests to help speed up the process. … Read more
I have setup SAML 2.0 authentication with Azure AD for a couple of applications. I find that the documentation available is not sufficient. Today, I will attempt to create a step by step guide to integrate SAML 2.0 authentication with Azure AD. Step 1: Obtain the Tenant ID After logging into the Azure portal, you … Read more
Kimai Time-Tracking app is an open-source time-tracking app that can be hosted on your own to track time for your projects. For single sign-on integration via SAML, it does provide some documentation, however, the example is on Google. Theoretically, it is able to work on Azure, however, it is all up to exploration. By following … Read more
Embed PowerBI reports is one way to distribute reports to the clients without exposing the filters and able to control how the client views the reports based on their roles. The data can be further restricted using Row Level Security. The sample codes for python are available here. The different access levels and the details … Read more
Microsoft has announced that it will stop adding features to ADAL from 30 Jun 2020, and will only add security fixes through 30 Jun 2022. The recommended approach is to upgrade from ADAL to MSAL, which also support OAuth 2.0 endpoints, which support personal accounts. Microsoft provides a few guides to help this migration: Function … Read more
django_auth_adfs is a good module to integrate Django with Azure AD authentication in the cloud. Although there is a detailed documentation on the setup, the user interface presented were using the legacy user interface. I am attempting to replicate it using the new interface. Web server URL: https://test.com API exposed in web application: https://test/com/test/testpage IdentifierURL … Read more