What Is Oauth in Sharepoint

OAuth allows users to authorize SharePoint to provide access tokens to 3rd party apps. These 3rd party apps will then use the tokens to retrieve data from the SharePoint server for that user. A token can access: a site, a resource (file, item), and for a defined duration.

What is MS OAuth?

The OAuth 2.0 is the industry protocol for authorization. It allows a user to grant limited access to its protected resources. … The client uses the access tokens to access the protected resources hosted by the resource server. OAuth 2.0 is directly related to OpenID Connect (OIDC).

What is OAuth and why it is used?

OAuth is an authentication protocol that allows you to approve one application interacting with another on your behalf without giving away your password.

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