Integration with Windows Azure Active Directory was one of the main features we wanted to get into the 1.0 release of the Windows Azure Management Libraries. Since Visual Studio and even the PowerShell Cmdlets (which use WAML, in fact) already have support for AAD, it was really important to all of us on the team that we have a method of providing authentication directly via AAD from within C# code using WAML. This makes for a synonymous login experience across all three of these (and more) areas. Most importantly, it makes it easy for Windows Azure users to be able to manage all their subscription assets when they only need to login using their username/password portal credentials rather than go through the process of creating and uploading management certificates. This blog post will answer some of the questions and requests we’ve had from the community on how to tie AAD and WAML together, to create AAD-authenticated applications code that can be used to manage your Windows Azure ...

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