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“Identity is the new control plane”
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Federating with Azure AD B2C without creating a shadow account
Federating with Azure AD B2C without creating a shadow account
This is a question that has popped up on stackoverflow a number of times recently.
Rory Braybrook
Apr 23
Using CAPTCHA in an Azure AD B2C custom policy
Using CAPTCHA in an Azure AD B2C custom policy
There is very little new development in B2C. It’s pretty much code complete, but then I noticed a new feature: the CAPTCHA feature has been…
Rory Braybrook
Apr 22
Using native authentication in Entra External ID to run the SSPR flow for a user with email and OTP
Using native authentication in Entra External ID to run the SSPR flow for a user with email and OTP
Please read my previous post first.
Rory Braybrook
Apr 16
Using native authentication in Entra External ID to sign up a user with email and OTP
Using native authentication in Entra External ID to sign up a user with email and OTP
First, read this post, as it covers a lot of the basics.
Rory Braybrook
Apr 9
Using native authentication in Entra External ID aka bring your own login screen and login with…
Using native authentication in Entra External ID aka bring your own login screen and login with…
Back in the day when ADFS came out, the first question I was asked was “Can I customise and use my own login screen” — sorry, no.
Rory Braybrook
Apr 2
How many ways are there to onboard Guest accounts in Entra ID?
How many ways are there to onboard Guest accounts in Entra ID?
I’ve been writing some posts about guest accounts and wondered how many ways there were to do this.
Rory Braybrook
Mar 25
Onboarding with a TAP using Entra Verified ID (Guest user onboarding)
Onboarding with a TAP using Entra Verified ID (Guest user onboarding)
I covered employee onboarding here. Read that post first, as it has a lot of background that I am not going to repeat.
Rory Braybrook
Mar 21
Onboarding with a TAP using Entra Verified ID (Employee onboarding)
Onboarding with a TAP using Entra Verified ID (Employee onboarding)
The GitHub sample is here.
Rory Braybrook
Mar 14
Using the wizard to set up Entra Verified ID
Using the wizard to set up Entra Verified ID
When Verified ID came out, you had to set everything up manually.
Rory Braybrook
Mar 7
Running the Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM) user flows inside the portal itself
Running the Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM) user flows inside the portal itself
In Azure AD B2C, with the built-in user flows, there was a “Run user flow” button inside the portal so you could test the user flow without…
Rory Braybrook
Mar 4
Entra links I use
Entra links I use
I created this post for me just to be able to get at shortcuts I use all the time:
Rory Braybrook
Mar 3
Where do I go from Identityserver4?
Where do I go from Identityserver4?
I’ve been talking to several people recently who are using Identityserver4 but who now want to replace it, as it was only maintained with…
Rory Braybrook
Feb 29
Authenticating with Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM) with the device code flow
Authenticating with Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM) with the device code flow
This flow is usually called “device code flow”, but the documentation calls it “device authorization grant flow”.
Rory Braybrook
Feb 25
Removing the sign-up option in Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM)
Removing the sign-up option in Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM)
In Azure AD B2C, you have different user flows, so if you don’t want the user to sign up, you simply create a sign-in-only user flow.
Rory Braybrook
Feb 20
Getting a V2.0 JWT from an Azure AD B2C client credentials flow
Getting a V2.0 JWT from an Azure AD B2C client credentials flow
I wrote this post about “Using the client credentials flow inside Azure AD B2C”.
Rory Braybrook
Feb 18
Client credential flow in Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM)
Client credential flow in Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM)
Azure AD B2C supports client credentials but is not straightforward to implement.
Rory Braybrook
Feb 16
Creating groups and roles in Entra External ID for customers (CIAM) and returning them in the JWT
Creating groups and roles in Entra External ID for customers (CIAM) and returning them in the JWT
One of the advantages of Entra External ID for customers is that it is part of Entra ID (as opposed to Azure AD B2C that sat outside of…
Rory Braybrook
Feb 15
A deeper dive into linking with Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM)
A deeper dive into linking with Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM)
In B2C, you can use custom policies to link two identities together, e.g. a user who authenticates with Google and who has a local account.
Rory Braybrook
Feb 12
Comparing federation with Azure AD B2C vs Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM)
Comparing federation with Azure AD B2C vs Entra External ID for Customers (CIAM)
My previous post was about the differences between the B2B approaches.
Rory Braybrook
Feb 11
Confusion around B2B with Entra External ID for customers (CIAM)
Confusion around B2B with Entra External ID for customers (CIAM)
Entra ID B2B has two parts to it:
Rory Braybrook
Feb 9
Comparing Azure AD B2C and EntraExternal ID for Customers (CIAM)
Comparing Azure AD B2C and EntraExternal ID for Customers (CIAM)
There seems to be some confusion about CIAM.
Rory Braybrook
Feb 7
Using the quick start in Entra External ID for Customers
Using the quick start in Entra External ID for Customers
The usual quick start that you notice is when you configure an application and then see:
Rory Braybrook
Feb 2
50 years — from punch cards to Copilot
50 years — from punch cards to Copilot
Fifty years ago today, I started my career in IT.
Rory Braybrook
Jan 31
Using Entra External ID (CIAM) with the MSAL samples
Using Entra External ID (CIAM) with the MSAL samples
When I first tried this, I got an error that I documented in a post.
Rory Braybrook
Jan 28
Another look at account linking in Azure AD B2C
Another look at account linking in Azure AD B2C
I still get questions about how to link accounts in B2C.
Rory Braybrook
Jan 24
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