SharePoint Config

If you are building a Web API secured by Azure AD you will need to authenticate to test the API. Configuring OAuth 2 in Swagger allows you to authenticate using the Swagger UI and test the API with the necessary authentication headers.

The steps to configure this are:

1. Create a Web API project
2. Register an Azure AD (AAD) app for the Web API
3. Update the Web API project to use Azure AD authentication
4. Register an AAD app for the Swagger web site
5. Grant permissions for the Swagger AAD app to access the Web API AAD app
6. Generate a Client Secret for the Swagger AAD app
7. Enable OAuth2 implicit flow on the Swagger AAD app
8. Add Swagger to the Web API

Next week I’m speaking at the SharePoint 2013 evolution conference in London. I’m co-presenting two sessions on upgrading to SharePoint 2013 with my friend Chandima and individually presenting another session on a SharePoint 2010 extranet project I worked on.

Earlier today, Microsoft Corporate VP PJ Hough announced the beginning of a Technical Preview program for Office 15. No specific details of features were announced but it was mentioned that:

Office 15 is the most ambitious undertaking yet for the Office Division. With Office 15, for the first time ever, we will simultaneously update our cloud services, servers, and mobile and PC clients for Office, Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, Project, and Visio. Quite simply, Office 15 will help people work, collaborate, and communicate smarter and faster than ever before.  

While the Technical Preview program is already full, everyone will have the opportunity to try the Office 15 public beta later this summer, and we’ll have more to share about the release then. In the meantime, I

On the 12th of November I’ll be presenting a session on ‘Developing for SharePoint Online’ at SharePoint Saturday UK. The session is aimed at SharePoint developers who are interested in getting an overview of how to develop solutions in SharePoint Online which is part of Office 365. It will cover an brief overview of what SharePoint Online offers, the limitations and techniques to get around some of the biggest limitations of this environment. This is a developer focused session so it will have a technical focus but won’t be a deep dive – I’ll leave that to Steve Fox in the following session “SharePoint and the Cloud: Crash or Convergence?”.

There are 8 different tracks and heaps of great sessions so if you can make it I’d recommend it… Continue reading Speaking at SharePoint Saturday UK »

Hey, this is the blog of Ari Bakker. Over the last six months I’ve been involved in several SharePoint based projects including one of the first MOSS 2007 application development projects. This blog will mostly contain SharePoint related articles and development examples. Continue reading Welcome »