Authentication

Application Credentials

Description

Application-only access is broader and more powerful than delegated access (User Credentials), so you should only use app-only access where needed. Use it when: 1. The application needs to run in an automated way, without user input (for example, a daily script that checks emails from certain contacts and sends automated responses). 2. The application needs to access resources belonging to multiple different users (for example, a backup or data loss prevention app might need to retrieve messages from many different chat channels, each with different participants). 3. You find yourself tempted to store credentials locally and allow the app to sign in 'as' the user or admin. [API reference]

Instructions

Follow these simple steps below to create Microsoft Entra ID application with application access permissions. Using following steps, you can grant very granular app permissions to access File(s). Choose permission based on your need.

Create OAuth app

Navigate to the Azure Portal and log in using your credentials.
Access Microsoft Entra ID.
Register a new application by going to App registrations and clicking on New registration button:
INFO: Find more information on how to register an application in Graph API reference.
When configuration window opens, configure these fields:
- Supported account type
  - e.g. select Accounts in this organizational directory only if you need access to data in your organization only.
- Redirect URI:
  - Set the type to Public client/native (mobile & desktop).
  - Leave the URL field empty.
After registering the app, copy the Application (client) ID for later:
Then copy OAuth authorization endpoint (v2) & OAuth token endpoint (v2) URLs:
Continue and create Client secret:
Then copy the Client secret for later steps:
Continue by adding permissions for the app by going to the API permissions section, and clicking on Add a permission:
Select Microsoft Graph:
Then choose Application permissions option:
Continue by adding these Files (OneDrive) permissions (Just search for "Files" and then select desired permissions):
Finish by clicking Add permissions button:
Now it's time to Grant admin consent for your application:
Confirm all the permissions are granted:
Now go to SSIS package or ODBC data source and use the copied values in Application Credentials authentication configuration:
- In the Token URL field paste the OAuth token endpoint (v2) URL value you copied in the previous step.
- In the Client ID field paste the Application (client) ID value you copied in the previous step.
- In the Client Secret field paste the Client secret value you copied in the previous step.
- Optional step. Choose Default Drive Id from the drop down menu.
Click Test Connection to confirm the connection is working.

Parameters

Parameter Required Default value Options

Name: TokenUrl

Label: Token URL

YES

Name	Value
For Single Tenant	https://login.microsoftonline.com/{ENTER-TENANT-ID-HERE}/oauth2/v2.0/token
For Multi Tenant	https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/token

Name: ClientId

Label: Client ID

YES

Name: ClientSecret

Label: Client Secret

YES

Name: GroupOrUserId

Label: Default Group or User Id (additional Scopes needed to list - If fails enter manually)

To list all users and groups from your organizations you need additional scopes. See connection UI - Choose User.Read.All and Group.Read.All Scopes and regenerate token. You can manually type value too if you know Group or User Id. Format is /users/{id} OR /groups/{id}

YES

Name	Value
My self (Not Valid for Application Credentials)
For any group	/groups/ENTER-GROUP-EMAIL-OR-ID
For any user	/users/ENTER-USER-EMAIL-OR-ID

Name: DriveId

Label: Default Drive Id

YES

Name: Scope

Label: Scope

Permissions you want to use.

https://graph.microsoft.com/.default

Name: RetryMode

Label: RetryMode

RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch

Name	Value
None	None
RetryAny	RetryAny
RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch	RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch

Name: RetryStatusCodeList

Label: RetryStatusCodeList

429 is API limit reached, 423 is File locked

429|503|423

Name: RetryCountMax

Label: RetryCountMax

5

Name: RetryMultiplyWaitTime

Label: RetryMultiplyWaitTime

True

Name: SearchOptionForNonIndexedFields

Label: Search Option For Non-Indexed Fields (Default=Blank - Search Only Indexed)

If you wish to do certain operations e.g. search / order by on non-indexed fields then you have to set this option to HonorNonIndexedQueriesWarningMayFailRandomly. By default filter / orderby on non-indexed fields not allowed.

Name	Value
Search Only Indexed
Search Both Indexed and Non-Indexed	HonorNonIndexedQueriesWarningMayFailRandomly

Name: ExtraHeaders

Label: Extra Headers (e.g. Header1:AAA||Header2:BBB)

Name	Value
MyHeader1:AAA	MyHeader1:AAA
MyHeader1:AAA\|\|MyHeader2:BBB	MyHeader1:AAA\|\|MyHeader2:BBB

Name: IsAppCred

Label: IsAppCred

For internal use only

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