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Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens
Includes types that provide support for SecurityTokens, Cryptographic operations: Signing, Verifying Signatures, Encryption.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Logging
Includes Event Source based logging support.
System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt
Includes types that provide support for creating, serializing and validating JSON Web Tokens. As of IdentityModel 7x, this is a legacy tool that should be replaced with Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens
Includes types that provide support for creating, serializing and validating JSON Web Tokens. This is a newer, faster version of System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt that has additional functionality.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect
Includes types that provide support for OpenIdConnect protocol.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Abstractions
A package containing thin abstractions for Microsoft.IdentityModel.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols
Provides base protocol support for OpenIdConnect and WsFederation.
Microsoft.Identity.Client
This package contains the binaries of the Microsoft Authentication Library for .NET (MSAL.NET). MSAL.NET makes it easy to obtain tokens from the Microsoft identity platform for developers (formerly Azure AD v2.0) signing-in users with work & school accounts, Microsoft personal accounts, and social identities via Azure AD B2C. These tokens provide access to Microsoft Cloud API and any other API secured by the Microsoft identity platform. This version supports adding authentication functionality to your .NET based clients - .NET, .NET Framework, .NET MAUI
Microsoft.Identity.Client.Extensions.Msal
This package contains the public client (desktop) caching to Microsoft Authentication Library for .NET (MSAL.NET)
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory
There is a newer version of this library available here: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Identity.Client/ Migration guide: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/msal-net-migration ADAL no longer receives new feature improvements.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Validators
Includes types that provide token validators.
Microsoft.Identity.Web
This package enables ASP.NET Core web apps and web APIs to use the Microsoft identity platform (formerly Azure AD v2.0). This package is specifically used for web applications, which sign-in users, and protected web APIs, which optionally call downstream web APIs.
Microsoft.Identity.Web.TokenCache
This package bring token cache serializers for MSAL.NET confidential client applications.
Microsoft.Identity.Web.Certificate
This package brings certificate management for MSAL.NET.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.Saml
Includes types that provide support for SamlTokens version 1 and 2.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Xml
Includes types that provide support for Reading / Writing XML with Enveloped Signatures.
Microsoft.Identity.Web.Certificateless
This package brings certificateless authentication.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.LoggingExtensions
A package containing logging extensions to support writing Identity logs to Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger.
Microsoft.Identity.Web.TokenAcquisition
Implementation for higher level API for confidential client applications (ASP.NET Core and SDK/.NET).
Microsoft.Identity.Web.Diagnostics
Package Description
Microsoft.Identity.Abstractions
Interface for higher level API for confidential client applications.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WsFederation
Includes types that provide support for WsFederation protocol.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WsTrust
Includes types that provide support for creating, serializing and validating WsTrust Messages.
Microsoft.Identity.Web.UI
This package enables UI for ASP.NET Core Web apps that use Microsoft.Identity.Web.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocol.Extensions
This package provides an assembly containing classes which extend the .NET Framework 4.5 with base constructs from the OpenId Connect and WS-Federation protocols
Microsoft.IdentityModel
Windows Identity Foundation enables .NET developers to externalize identity logic from their application, improving developer productivity, enhancing application security, and enabling interoperable federation. Enjoy greater productivity, applying the same tools and programming model to build on-premises software as well as cloud services. Create more secure applications by reducing custom implementations and using a single simplified identity model based on claims. Enjoy greater flexibility in application deployment through interoperability based on industry standard protocols, allowing applications and identity infrastructure services to communicate via claims.
Microsoft.Identity.Web.MicrosoftGraph
This package enables ASP.NET Core web apps and web APIs to use the Microsoft identity platform (formerly Azure AD v2.0). This package is specifically used for web applications, which sign-in users and call Microsoft Graph, and for protected web APIs that call Microsoft Graph.
Microsoft.Identity.Client.NativeInterop
This package contains binaries needed to use brokers in public client desktop applications. The release notes are available at https://office.visualstudio.com/_git/OneAuth?path=/CHANGELOG.md.
Microsoft.Identity.Client.Broker
This package contains binaries needed to use brokers in public client desktop applications and supersedes Microsoft.Identity.Client.Desktop.
Microsoft.Azure.ActiveDirectory.GraphClient
This is the .NET Client Library for Microsoft Azure Active Directory Graph API. Learn more about Azure AD Graph API @ https://msdn.microsoft.com/Library/Azure/Ad/Graph/howto/azure-ad-graph-api-operations-overview. NOTE: Azure AD Graph API functionality is also available through Microsoft Graph, a unified API that also includes APIs from other Microsoft services like Outlook, OneDrive, OneNote, Planner, and Office Graph, all accessed through a single endpoint with a single access token. Find out more about Microsoft Graph @ http://graph.microsoft.com, and find the Microsoft Graph .Net Client Library @ https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Graph and the open source code and further documentation @ https://github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-dotnet Usage information is available on our AAD Graph blog @ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/aadgraphteam/archive/2014/12/12/announcing-azure-ad-graph-api-client-library-2-0.aspx and sample usage on github @ https://github.com/AzureADSamples/WebApp-GraphAPI-DotNet and https://github.com/AzureADSamples/ConsoleApp-GraphAPI-DotNet.
Microsoft.Identity.Web.DownstreamApi
Interface for higher level API for confidential client applications.
System.IdentityModel.Tokens.ValidatingIssuerNameRegistry
This package provides an assembly containing classes which extend the .NET Framework 4.5 with the necessary logic that extends token validation to check that the signer of a token and the issuer of the token are a valid pair. This capability can be applied both within the Windows Identity Foundation token processing pipeline and standalone, without any dependency on WIF’s configuration.
Microsoft.Identity.Web.GraphServiceClient
This package enables ASP.NET Core web apps and web APIs to use the Microsoft identity platform (formerly Azure AD v2.0). This package is specifically used for web applications, which sign-in users and call Microsoft Graph, and for protected web APIs that call Microsoft Graph. Works specifically with MS Graph SDK v5 and above. For MS Graph SDK v4 support, please use Microsoft.Identity.Web.MicrosoftGraph.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.SignedHttpRequest
Includes types that provide support for SignedHttpRequest protocol.
Microsoft.Identity.Client.Desktop
This package contains binaries needed to use the Windows broker and other features with MSAL on older platforms such as .NET Framework and .NET Core 3.x.
Microsoft.Identity.Client.KeyAttestation
This package contains binaries needed to enable Credential Guard attestation in managed identity proof-of-possession (mTLS PoP) flows using MSAL.NET.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.KeyVaultExtensions
Includes types that provide support for signing and encrypting tokens with Azure Key Vault.
Microsoft.Identity.Web.MicrosoftGraphBeta
This package enables ASP.NET Core web apps and web APIs to use the Microsoft identity platform (formerly Azure AD v2.0). This package is specifically used for web applications, which sign-in users and call Microsoft Graph Beta, and for protected web APIs that call Microsoft Graph Beta.
Microsoft.Identity.Web.OWIN
This package enables ASP.NET web apps and web APIs to use the Microsoft identity platform (formerly Azure AD v2.0). This package is specifically used for web applications, which sign-in users, and protected web APIs, which optionally call downstream web APIs.
Microsoft.Identity.Web.Azure
This package enables ASP.NET Core web apps and web APIs to use the Azure SDKs with the Microsoft identity platform (formerly Azure AD v2.0)
System.IdentityModel.Tokens
System.IdentityModel.Tokens
Microsoft.Identity.Web.GraphServiceClientBeta
This package enables ASP.NET Core web apps and web APIs to use the Microsoft identity platform (formerly Azure AD v2.0). This package is specifically used for web applications, which sign-in users and call Microsoft Graph, and for protected web APIs that call Microsoft Graph. Works specifically with MS Graph SDK v5 and above. For MS Graph SDK v4 support, please use Microsoft.Identity.Web.MicrosoftGraph.
Microsoft.Experimental.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory
This package contains the binaries of the Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL). ADAL provides a Portable Class Library with easy to use authentication functionality for your .NET client on various platforms including Windows desktop, Windows Store, Windows Phone, Xamarin iOS and Xamarin Android by taking advantage of Windows Server Active Directory and Windows Azure Active Directory.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.ManagedKeyVaultSecurityKey
Includes types that provide support for signing and encrypting tokens with Azure Key Vault for Applications that are using Managed identities for Azure resources.
Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ActiveDirectory.Authentication
This package contains the main assembly for the Azure Authentication Library (AAL). AAL provides easy to use authentication functionality for your .NET client apps by taking advantage of Windows Azure Active Directory.
Microsoft.Identity.Client.Extensions.Adal
This package contains extensions to Azure Active Directory Library for .NET (ADAL.NET)
Microsoft.Identity.Web.OidcFIC
Implementation for a Cloud Federation Identity Credential (FIC) credential provider.
Microsoft.Identity.Web.ProjectTemplates
Templates to use when creating a web app that signs in users or a protected web API with the Microsoft identity platform (and call downstream APIs)
Microsoft.Identity.Web.AgentIdentities
Helper methods for Agent identity blueprint to act as the agent identities.
Microsoft.Identity.Lab.Api
This package contains the binaries of the Microsoft Authentication Library for .NET (MSAL.NET). MSAL.NET makes it easy to obtain tokens from the Microsoft identity platform for developers (formerly Azure AD v2.0) signing-in users with work & school accounts, Microsoft personal accounts, and social identities via Azure AD B2C. These tokens provide access to Microsoft Cloud API and any other API secured by the Microsoft identity platform. This version supports adding authentication functionality to your .NET based clients - .NET, .NET Framework, .NET MAUI
Microsoft.IdentityModel.TestExtensions
Microsoft.IdentityModel.TestExtensions
Microsoft.Identity.Web.TokenAcquisition.Abstractions
Interface for higher level API for confidential client applications.
msidentity-app-sync
This package is a dotnet global tool which registers new Azure AD or Azure AD B2C applications, and updates your code accordingly, or modifies/edits existing Azure AD or Azure AD B2C applications and updates the code. This tool automates the steps of going to the portal UI for app registration and also updates the corresponding code for that application. With this tool, you can develop and register an ASP.NET Core web app, web API, gRPC service or Azure Function protected with the Microsoft identity platform, which can call Microsoft Graph or downstream web APIs. For details see https://aka.ms/ms-identity-app-registration.
Microsoft.Azure.ActiveDirectory.GraphClient.JS
Javscript Client Library for Microsoft Azure Active Directory Graph Client Library. Learn more about how to use this library @ http://aka.ms/ClientLibraries.
Microsoft.Identity.Client.Desktop.WinUI3
This package contains WinUI3-specific binaries for using MSAL.NET with modern Windows applications built on WinUI3 and Windows App SDK.
Microsoft.Azure.ActiveDirectory.GraphClient.JS.VS2015
Javscript Client Library for Microsoft Azure Active Directory Graph Client Library. Learn more about how to use this library @ http://aka.ms/ClientLibraries.
Microsoft.Preview.WindowsAzure.ActiveDirectory.Authentication
This package contains the main assembly for the Azure Authentication Library (AAL). AAL provides easy to use authentication functionality for your Windows Store apps by taking advantage of Windows Azure Active Directory.
Microsoft.Identity.Web.DownstreamRestApi
Interface for higher level API for confidential client applications.
Microsoft.Identity.Client.MtlsPop
This package contains binaries needed to use managed identity proof-of-possession (MTLS PoP) flows in applications using MSAL.NET.
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Dpop
Includes types that provide support for creating and validating DPoP.