Microsoft.Azure.Services.AppAuthentication
There is a newer version of this library available here: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Azure.Identity/ Migration guide: https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/overview/azure/app-auth-migration AppAuth no longer receives new feature improvements. Enables a service to authenticate to Azure services using the developer's Azure Active Directory/ Microsoft account during development, and authenticate as itself (using OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials flow) when deployed to Azure.
Install
dotnet add package Microsoft.Azure.Services.AppAuthentication --version 1.6.2
Install-Package Microsoft.Azure.Services.AppAuthentication -Version 1.6.2
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Services.AppAuthentication" Version="1.6.2" />
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