Create Microsoft Entra ID Application

To interact with the web services (APIs) of Business Central, the external party needs to use the OAuth 2 protocol to gain an access token. When working with two services interacting with each other, the client needs to use the client credentials flow.

The credentials for the client credentials flow are obtained through an Microsoft Entra ID application. To create one along with the set of credentials, follow the steps provided in the following text.

Prerequisites

  • Make sure the actions are performed by a user that is both an Microsoft Entra ID administrator and Business Central administrator. These steps require you to grant administrator access to certain parts of your Microsoft Entra ID. You should therefore be an administrator in your tenant or get your administrator to perform these steps.
  • This procedure can only be used when your Business Central tenant is registered with Microsoft Entra ID as the login method. If you are using Microsoft’s SaaS offering this will already be the case.

Procedure

  1. Click the Lightbulb button, enter Magento Setup, and select the related link.

  2. In the ribbon select Actions > Magento Integration > Microsoft Entra ID OAuth, and click Create Microsoft Entra ID App.
    A pop-up window displays.

  3. Grant permission to the NP Retail - Microsoft Entra ID Application Management App.
    This application is what allows the code to create the Microsoft Entra ID application in the Magento integration.

  4. Make sure that the consent screen identifies the application as being verified with “Navi Partner København ApS” as Microsoft Partner.

  5. When asked if you want to create a user, click Yes.
    As soon as the Microsoft Entra ID application is created, the information will be displayed on the screen.

  6. Make sure to copy the client secret that is shown in the message box to a safe place. It will not be visible after the box is closed.

  1. Click the Lightbulb button, enter Microsoft Entra ID Applications, and select the related link.

  2. Find the newly created application, and open the card by clicking Client ID.

  3. On the Microsoft Entra ID Application Card, click Grant Consent to allow the newly created access to the Business Central API.

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