Send Approval Authentication Info to Azure Function

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Posted on by Matt_Fitzmauric

I have an Approval Flow that calls an Azure Function via the HTTP connector.

I would like the Azure Function to run as the Approver.

I believe that the Approver is authenticated either via MS Outlook when viewing the email or via the browser when viewing the Dashboard, is it possible to pass that authentication token across to the Azure Function?

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,928 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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there is no way for you to grab their token etc no. You would have to generate a new one but then you’d have to get their info.

who is it running as (the flow) and stupid question maybe. Why does it matter. That sounds bad not meant too just chatting to see if we can solve it.
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Matt_Fitzmauric 4 on at

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Thanks for the response Mark.

I'm using the flow to approve an email. The Initiator of the flow has a draft email that they want someone else to approve and send.
They have a bunch of business rules (like converting SharePoint linked attachments into actual attachments), so i have created an Azure Function to do the heavy lifting.
When the approval is received, the flow calls the Azure Function via an HTTP request.
The Azure Function has a number of application-level permissions so that it can send emails and interact with SharePoint.
My customer asked whether the Application-level permissions could be Delegated permissions instead.

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