It takes care of the actual communication to the third party - such as Twitter. In this scenario, you can think of Azure AD B2C as providing an abstraction layer between your app and the various social networks. So let's have at it! Twitter Configuration It's actually pretty simple, only 2 parts, and no code changes! All we need to do is configure the third party (here I'll look at Twitter) and then hook that up to the Azure AD B2C portal. So let's look at the steps necessary to enable social authentication within our existing Azure AD B2C app.

You don't have to worry about taking care of usernames and passwords, and your users don't have to worry about yet another password to manage. Having the ability to create an account via an already existing social network account - such as Twitter or Facebook - lowers the barrier of entry. In the middle of those two is a configured Azure AD B2C Tenant and Application.Īnd if you've really been following along - the Forms app should be able to retrieve data from a protected endpoint in the Web API via logging with a email and password.īut having to create a brand new account linked to an username and password to use an app can be a pain - and actually is a deterrent for people to use an app.

If you've been following along with this series you should have an ASP.NET Core Web API app which requires authorization in order to return data and a Xamarin.Forms app using the MSAL library. In the sixth chapter of the using mobile apps with Azure AD B2C series - we're going to add in social authentication! Social Authentication in Azure AD B2C

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