Questions tagged [microsoft-account]
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"Remote machine is AAD" but "The logon attempt failed"
I setup Remote Desktop Connection and the computer says: AzureAD\username already has access:
Very good, let's try to connect using AzureAD\username:
Unfortunately it says:
Your credential did not work. Remote machine is AAD joined. If you…

Francesco Mantovani
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SQL Srv 2016: Login failed for user 'MicrosoftAccount\...'
I have Windows 10 Pro machine with SQL Server 2016 Dev installed. There are two local user accounts on the machine: [WORK\admin] and [WORK\erop]. [WORK\erop] account was created at first without connecting to Microsoft. But later I connect it to my…

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Microsoft oidc in AWS Cognito allowing multiple tenants
I'm trying to implement social login using Microsoft account in AWS Cognito User Pools.
I followed documentation and the solution mentioned in this thread:
https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=287376&tstart=0
My problem is with setting…

Dragan Velkovski
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How to get client_assertion string
I've written EWS application in C++. Currently it supports Basic and NTLM authentication, now trying to support OAuth authentication
Since it is C++ application I can't use .NET AcquireToken, so I need to post the below request for OAuth…

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How to windows authenticate Windows 8.1 Microsoft Account With Sql Server 2012
I have set up a little network with windows workgroup. My pc (windows 8) connected with server (sql server 2012) using windows authentication. Of course I had a local account and not the microsoft account and a pure mapping of the accounts did the…

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MSAL.js acquireTokenSilent on Azure AD B2C with Microsoft Account (login.live.com) framebusting
There is a problem with login.live.com that prevents acquiring access tokens with MSAL.js for Azure AD B2C with the Identity Provider Microsoft Account.
When the iframe (msalRenewFrame…) tries to authenticate at…

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What is the equivalent of google/tokeninfo (or facebook /debug_token) for microsoft Live?
I'm working on an oauth implementation based on http://bitoftech.net/2014/06/01/token-based-authentication-asp-net-web-api-2-owin-asp-net-identity/ by Taiseer Joudeh and want to add Microsoft Live support.
For Google and Facebook, the…

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How to determine if an email address is a Microsoft 'Work or School' account or a Microsoft Account
I would like to authenticate against both Microsoft accounts and 'Work or School' accounts in a Azure multi-tenant environment. Each authentication type requires different requests. If I try to login as a Microsoft account against the 'work or…

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Accessing current Microsoft account from Visual Studio extension
I am writing a VS extension which will need to communicate with a server and identify the user, and I figured that if possible, since this extension will be the only client connecting to the server, using Visual Studio's built-in support for…

Nick Mertin
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Selected user account does not exist in tenant 'UserVoice, Inc.'
I'm trying to login and vote on https://feedback.azure.com/forums/915433-azure-sphere/suggestions/36196912-allow-for-transfering-device-ownership
While using my personal microsoft account, it says "Selected user account does not exist in tenant…

Danila Polevshchikov
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How to migrate/map Microsoft Accounts from PUID to OIDC/OAuth
I have a site running RPS to authenticate users using personal Microsoft Live ID accounts. I am identifying them using the PUID right now.
I am now reworking the authentication of this site to use OIDC/OAuth, meaning that I won't get the PUID of my…

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Using Windows 10 UWP WebAccountManager with Google OAuth or MSA
I'm trying to use WebAccountManager for making login easier in a Windows 10 Universal Windows App (UWP).
It seems like the documentation around how to use WebAccountManager is somewhat lacking. Are Microsoft Account (MSA) and AAD the only…

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How are Microsoft account JWT authentication tokens signed?
In my web application I need to validate the JWT authentication tokens which I get from Live SDK 5.6.
A while ago the signature of those tokens was a HMACSHA256 hash of base64 encoded header+payload using signing key which was the app secret (from…

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How should a developer setup Azure for a customer?
I don't want ShortTermDeveloper@hotmail.com to be the admin of my Azure account. I also don't want to share the Admin@MyBusiness.com password with a bunch of developers. What I want (I think) is what we're used to - admin account(s) and sub…

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Get Microsoft Account Id from Windows 8 desktop application
Trying to find out the active email / id of the user logged into Windows 8 with a Microsoft Account, assuming it is not a local account they are authenticated as.
Trying to find that out from a WPF desktop C# application, not a Windows Store…

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