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This sample is for MSAL 2.x, if you are interested in the same code for MSAL 3.x, look at the updateToMsal3x branch. This branch will be merged when MSAL.NET reaches 3.1

WPF application signing in users with Microsoft and calling the Microsoft Graph

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This simple sample demonstrates how to use the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) for .NET to get an access token and call the Microsoft Graph (using OAuth 2.0 against the Azure AD v2.0 endpoint).

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Steps to Run

You can get full explanation about this sample, and build it from scratch by going to Windows desktop .NET guided walkthrough.

This sample is pre-configured. If you just want to quickly run it just:

  1. Clone the code.
  git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/active-directory-dotnet-desktop-msgraph-v2.git
  1. Run the application from Visual Studio (Debug | Start without Debugging)

[Optional] Use your own application coordinates

If you want to use your own application coordinates:

If you want to use this automation:

  1. On Windows run PowerShell and navigate to the root of the cloned directory

  2. In PowerShell run:

    Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope Process -Force

  3. Run the script to create your Azure AD application and configure the code of the sample application accordinly.

    .\AppCreationScripts\Configure.ps1

    Other ways of running the scripts are described in App Creation Scripts

  4. Open the Visual Studio solution and click start

If ou don't want to use this automation, follow the steps below

Choose the Azure AD tenant where you want to create your applications

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal using either a work or school account or a personal Microsoft account.
  2. If your account is present in more than one Azure AD tenant, select Directory + Subscription at the top right corner in the menu on top of the page, and switch your portal session to the desired Azure AD tenant.
  3. In the left-hand navigation pane, select the Azure Active Directory service, and then select App registrations (Preview).

Register the client app (WpfApp)

  1. In App registrations (Preview) page, select New registration.
  2. When the Register an application page appears, enter your application's registration information:
    • In the Name section, enter a meaningful application name that will be displayed to users of the app, for example WpfApp.
    • In the Supported account types section, select Accounts in any organizational directory and personal Microsoft accounts (e.g. Skype, Xbox, Outlook.com).
    • Select Register to create the application.
  3. On the app Overview page, find the Application (client) ID value and record it for later. You'll need it to configure the Visual Studio configuration file for this project.
  4. In the list of pages for the app, select Authentication.
    • In the Redirect URIs | Suggested Redirect URIs for public clients (mobile, desktop) section, check urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob
  5. Select Save.
  6. In the list of pages for the app, select API permissions
    • Click the Add a permission button and then,
    • Ensure that the Microsoft APIs tab is selected
    • In the Commonly used Microsoft APIs section, click on Microsoft Graph
    • In the Delegated permissions section, ensure that the right permissions are checked: User.Read. Use the search box if necessary.
    • Select the Add permissions button

Step 3: Configure the sample to use your Azure AD tenant

In the steps below, "ClientID" is the same as "Application ID" or "AppId".

Open the solution in Visual Studio to configure the projects

Configure the client project

Note: if you used the setup scripts, the changes below will have been applied for you

  1. Open the active-directory-wpf-msgraph-v2\App.xaml.cs file
  2. Find the app key ClientId and replace the existing value with the application ID (clientId) of the WpfApp application copied from the Azure portal.

Step 4: Run the sample

Clean the solution, rebuild the solution, and run it. You might want to go into the solution properties and set both projects as startup projects, with the service project starting first.

Community Help and Support

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Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to this sample, see CONTRIBUTING.MD.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

More information

For more information see MSAL.NET's conceptual documentation: