authentication

Fix that annoying issue where authentication windows appear behind your MCP client by implementing smarter window handle discovery. This walkthrough shows you how to properly parent WAM dialogs to VS Code, Claude Desktop, and other MCP clients.

Learn how to authenticate local Model Context Protocol servers with Entra ID using Windows Web Account Manager (WAM). This practical guide shows how to implement interactive user authentication in local MCP servers without complex OAuth flows.

The Model Context Protocol introduces familiar security challenges we’ve seen before. Let’s not ignore them and step on the same rakes millions stepped on before.

A short overview of how modern app stores can lead you or your relatives to install authenticator apps that are not really authenticator apps.

To remove the toil of writing authentication code directly, our team at Microsoft has been working on adding a new tool to the developer toolbox - an authentication broker.

How to collect and aggregate MSAL metrics in the cloud with minimal code.

I am a big believer in good documentation being an essential part of the product. Good docs are hard to come by for several reasons, not the least being the fact that writing good docs is hard.

SMS-based two-factor authentication is insecure and can create more headache than it’s worth.

Get to know the Last.fm API and how to authenticate your users with it.