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After upgrading to RHEL8 or Centos8, connecting to SQL server using trusted authentication may fail with the following error: rc4 encryption is still heavily used in AD environments but it is already disabled by default. Therefore, to re-enabled it again, simply call: After that, reboot the server and the SQL connection would work.
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
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