Sunday, April 16, 2017

OAuth and SharePoint Overview

The following are some quick bullet points that review OAuth:

OAuth – Internet protocol for authenticating apps and authorizing such apps – to access content on behalf of a specific user.

OAuth – allows SharePoint 2013 and greater versions to typically authenticate a cloud hosted app – which is calling to a SharePoint site – from across a network and to establish an identity for the app.

SharePoint 2013 and greater use OAuth to authenticate apps and establish app identity.

Windows Azure Access Control Services (SCS) is a requirement for using OAuth.

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