PowerApps – Secure your Azure Function and Custom Connector with Azure AD

Very informative article.

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In my previous blog, I explained how to create an Azure Function and consume it in PowerApps using custom connector but it was not secured (anonymous) and anyone can access this API using function URL. In this blog we will see how to secure Azure Function API and register PowerApps custom connector in Azure Active Directory.

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Below steps will be covered as part of this blog:

Secure Azure Function with Azure AD
App Registration for Custom Connector
Change Authentication Key parameters in Custom Connector

Step 1 – Secure Azure Function with Azure AD:

By default, when you create Function API, anonymous authentication is selected which means anyone can access your API. For most of business or enterprise application you want to secure your API with Azure Active Directory so that only users inside your organization can access this API. Let’s see how to achieve this.