How to set up single sign-on for developers (Windows Store apps using JavaScript and HTML)

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Developers need to follow these steps to use single sign-on (SSO) mode.

What you need to know

Technologies

Prerequisites

  • You should be familiar with JavaScript.

Instructions

Step 1: Use the operation that doesn't require the callbackUri parameter

Use the authenticateAsync function that doesn't expose the callbackUri parameter. Behind the scenes, the web authentication broker constructs the value of the callbackUri parameter itself by querying the app's package SID and appending it to the "ms-app://" string.

Step 2: Get your app's SID

Call the getCurrentApplicationCallbackUri method to get your app's SID for SSO. This is useful when building a parameter list to be sent to an online provider through the query string.

Step 3: Register your app with your online provider

You must register your "ms-app://" URI with your online provider.

Step 4: Prevent a dialog box from appearing to your user

When the app doesn't expect the provider to show any UI, use the WebAuthenticationOptions.silentMode flag to avoid a dialog box.

Remarks

You can find out what your "ms-app://" URI is by going to the Developer portal. Click the Manage your cloud services setting, and then find your app's SID under the Application Authentication tab of the Advanced Features.

Troubleshooting web authentication problems

FAQ for Web Authentication Broker

 

 

Build date: 10/15/2012