Agent, Power Virtual Agent – Episode 5: Step by Step Authentication

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This episode of Power Virtual Agents (PVA) is about how to authenticate users in your PVA.

This is #thenocodeway to leverage the power platform. Following steps are required:

• Go to Manage and click ‘Authentication’
• Pre-filled and optional fields on the authentication form:
  • Service Provider
  • Scopes
• Copy information from docs.microsoft.com for the following fields:
  • Authorisation URL query string template – ?client_id={ClientId}&response_type=code&redirect_uri={RedirectUrl}&scope={Scopes}&state={State}
  • Token URL query string template “?”
  • Refresh URL query string template “?”
  • Refresh body template -refresh_token={RefreshToken}&redirect_uri={RedirectUrl}&grant_type=refresh_token&client_id={ClientId}&client_secret={ClientSecret}
  • Scope list delimiter “,”
  • Token body template -code={Code}&grant_type=authorization_code&redirect_uri={RedirectUrl}&client_id={ClientId}&client_secret={ClientSecret}
• Azure portal– App registration

• Register App and get your Client ID
  • Create a secret and get your Client secret
  • Add permissions
  • openid- to sign users in
  • User.Read.All- to read user’s profile
  • User.Read- generated by default
  • Redirect URL- https://token.botframework.com/.auth/web/redirect

• Remaining fields for authorisation configuration
  • Authorisation URL template- Overview>>Endpoints>>OAuth2.0 authorisation endpoint 2.0 (copy)
  • Token URL template-Overview>>Endpoints>>OAuth2.0 token endpoint 2.0 (copy)
  • Refresh URL template- same as token URL template
  • Scope- Your DB URL/user_impersonation

Hope it helps!

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