An overview of the Microsoft Identity Web authentication library
The Microsoft Identity Web library offers support for ASP.NET Core applications to integrate with the Microsoft identity platform. These libraries simplify adding authentication and authorization support to web APIs and web applications. These libraries provide a layer that forms the glue between ASP.NET Core, the ASP.NET Core authentication layer, and MSAL for .NET.
The Microsoft Identity Web authentication library is available as a set of packages on NuGet. These packages can be easily installed using the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio or the dotnet add .NET CLI command in Visual Studio Code. They are included in .NET 5.0 and can also be downloaded for ASP.NET Core 3.1 projects.
Microsoft Identity Web provides the following four packages:
Microsoft.Identity.Web: This is the primary and mandatory library for all apps that use Microsoft Identity Web for authentication and authorization.Microsoft...
