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OAuth 2.0 On-Behalf-Of Flow for Microsoft Personal Accounts

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This issue is for a: (mark with an x)

- [ ] bug report -> please search issues before submitting
- [ ] feature request
- [x] documentation issue or request
- [ ] regression (a behavior that used to work and stopped in a new release)

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Expected/desired behavior

Please clarify what do you mean by “doesn’t work” in:

“Current limitations: The on-behalf-of flow does not currently work for Microsoft Personal accounts.” The MSDN documentation implies that OBO flow works for Microsoft Personal accounts.

OS and Version?

Windows 7, 8 or 10. Linux (which distribution). macOS (Yosemite? El Capitan? Sierra?)

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Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Comments:6 (3 by maintainers)

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jmprieurcommented, Apr 10, 2019

@nkwolf I’ve updated the descriptions.

  • OBO works for MSA.
  • but the consent needs to happen on the Web API
    • and therefore the recommendation is to use the same client ID for the Web API and the client (and pass it and use it directly)
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jmprieurcommented, Oct 18, 2019

This is now working.

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