Microsoft provides an identity platform with two endpoints called V1.0 and V2.0 with two sets of client libraries to work with these endpoints. The following libraries are used: Azure AD Authentication Library (ADAL) SDK and the Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL). In the Azure AD portal, we will find how to include applications built with ADAL or MSAL over the app registrations (preview), as shown in the following screenshot:
Microsoft identity platform overview
The following list describes the main use cases of the two endpoints:
- The V1.0 endpoint allows only work and school accounts to sign in
- The V2.0 endpoint allows work and school accounts from Azure AD and Microsoft Accounts (MSA) to sign in
- The v2.0 endpoint does not support SAML or WS-Federation—only OIDC and OAuth 2.0
- The v2.0 endpoint doesn't support the SAML assertion...