Microsoft Entra ID

Formerly Azure Active Directory

Configuring Entra ID to Issue a JWT Access Token

By default, Entra ID issues opaque Access Tokens, which can only be validated by your backend via the Microsoft Graph API.

To enable validation of access tokens in a non-vendor-locked way—such as demonstrated in the Web API section—you need to configure a custom scope.

Steps to Configure a Custom Scope

1. Go to Microsoft Azure Portal.

2. In the left panel, select "Microsoft Entra ID".

3. Navigate to "Manage > App Registrations".

4. Click "New Registration".

5. Enter "My App - API" as the name, then click Register.

6. Set Supported Account Type to Accounts in this organization.

7. In the left menu, go to "Manage > Expose API".

8. Click "Add a scope".

9. Configure as follows, then click "Add Scope":

   • Application ID URI: api://my-app-api (then save and continue)

   • Scope name: access_as_user

   • Who can consent: Admins and Users

   • Admin Consent Display Name: "JWT Access Token"

   • Admin Consent Description: "Ensure issuance of a JWT Access Token"

   • User Consent Display Name: "View your basic profile"

   • User Consent Description: "Allows the app to see your basic profile (e.g., name, picture, user name, email address)"

   • State: Enabled

Validating the Token on the Backend

To validate the token on the backend, ensure that the aud claim in the JWT access token matches api://my-app-api. For more details, refer to the Web API documentation.

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Registering Your Application

1. Go to Microsoft Azure Portal.

2. In the left panel, select "Microsoft Entra ID".

3. Navigate to "Manage > App Registrations".

4. Click "New Registration".

5. Enter "My App" as the display name (replace with your actual app name).

6. Set Supported Account Type to Accounts in this organization.

7. Click Register.

8. Click "Add a Redirect URI".

9. Click "Add Platform" > "Single-Page Application".

10. Set Redirect URIs:

    • Production: https://my-app.com/ (include trailing slash; adjust if hosted under a subpath, e.g., https://my-app.com/dashboard/)

    • Local Development: http://localhost:5173/ (include trailing slash; adjust based on your dev server)

11. Ensure "Access Token" and "ID Token" are checked.

12. Click Save.

13. In the left panel, go to "API Permissions".

14. Click "Add a permission".

15. Click "APIs My Organization Uses".

16. Select "My App - API".

17. Check "access_as_user", then click "Add permission".

18. In the left panel, click "Overview" and copy:

    • Application (client) ID

    • Directory (tenant) ID

These are required to configure oidc-spa.

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Configuring oidc-spa

Vanilla

import { createOidc } from "oidc-spa";

// Directory (tenant) ID:
const directoryId = "XXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX";
// Application (client) ID:
const clientId = "XXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX";
// Application ID URI: (Of the API!)
const applicationIdUri_api= "api://my-app-api/access_as_user";

export const prOidc = createOidc({
    issuerUri: `https://login.microsoftonline.com/${directoryId}/v2.0`,
    clientId,
    scopes: ["profile", applicationIdUri_api],
    homeUrl: import.meta.env.BASE_URL
});

React

import { createReactOidc } from "oidc-spa/react";

// Directory (tenant) ID:
const directoryId = "XXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX";
// Application (client) ID:
const clientId = "XXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX";
// Application ID URI: (Of the API!)
const applicationIdUri_api= "api://my-app-api/access_as_user";

export const { OidcProvider, useOidc, getOidc } = createReactOidc({
    issuerUri: `https://login.microsoftonline.com/${directoryId}/v2.0`,
    clientId,
    scopes: ["profile", applicationIdUri_api],
    homeUrl: import.meta.env.BASE_URL
});

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Testing the Setup

To test your configuration using oidc-spa:

git clone https://github.com/keycloakify/oidc-spa
mv oidc-spa/examples/tanstack-router-file-based oidc-spa-tanstack-router
rm -rf oidc-spa
cd oidc-spa-tanstack-router
cp .env.local.sample .env.local

# Uncomment the Microsoft Entra ID section and comment out the Keycloak section.
# Note: You cannot log in with a personal Microsoft account, so you may need 
# to adjust the .env.local file with your organization's configuration.

yarn
yarn dev