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I have similar question that was posted earlier in No application keys for Azure Mobile Apps - what's a simple replacement?. But there doesn't seem to be any satisfying answer on that issue.

I just want to restrict the access to the the azure custom api & db tables with a simple key/code in my mobile client application. I dont want the users to be forced to login to their fb/google etc accounts. The "new" app service/mobile app seems only to work with authentication where the user/client sign in using google/fb . Is there any way to accomplish the "old" application key behaviour in this "new" app service?

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Terminatori777
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  • The application key is not needed to configure in back-end application. And I could not find any related constructed function that use application key in the class 'MobileServiceClient'. I find an article that we can use custom authentication for your application, see details: https://github.com/Azure/azure-content/blob/master/articles/app-service-mobile/app-service-mobile-dotnet-backend-how-to-use-server-sdk.md#custom-auth. I think if it is possible we could use a default user to get the credential directory without login. – Jambor - MSFT Sep 06 '16 at 10:10

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The application key was removed as it does not provide any real security. If you are using the Node.js backend, check out https://github.com/Azure/azure-mobile-apps-node/tree/master/samples/api-key.

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