Hello,
I need to create an back end data integration between Dynamics 2016 and my multi-tenant software. I'd like to leverage the REST-based Web API and I need to support both self-hosted
IFD configurations and Dynamics 2016 Cloud.
To build this, I plan on creating UX screens inside of the application that enables the connector on a per-tenant basis, and a windows service that would call out the Web API that sits
on one of my servers, external to Dynamics.
I have a few questions at the outset:
I noticed I have to create a clientID in Azure Active Directory in order to get an access token for the Web API. I'm a little unclear on this:
- For my dev instance (an IFD self-hosted), do I create a new Azure account and set this up?
- For each of my customers that wish to leverage this integration, would they create a client ID in
their own Active Directories? Would there be different setup steps for IFD vs. Cloud?
- Does the OAuth flow only support a flow that requires user interaction to authorize, or is there a password grant type that will let me authenticate
entirely in the back end?
Thank you!
