Application developers with a basic understanding of web requests and APIs who want to study authentication and authorization flows.
About this course
Understand how applications use Microsoft's identity platform. The five-part series discusses tokens, account and application types, permissions and consent, and protecting custom APIs.
Skills you will explore
- Microsoft identity
- Authentication
- Tokens
- Permissions and consent
- API security
Course at a glance
| Provider | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · Microsoft Developer |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Intermediate — WikiFree audience assessment |
| Main language | English |
| Available videos | 5 |
| Video duration | 7h 14m · allow extra time for practice |
| Details checked | 8 October 2026 |
Who is this for?
Application developers with a basic understanding of web requests and APIs who want to study authentication and authorization flows.
Make the lessons useful
For a sample application, separate sign-in from permission to access data. Trace which component receives a token and write the minimum permissions needed for one feature.
Use the lesson list to study in sequence or return to a specific topic. Search by title, move between videos with Previous and Next, and mark a lesson complete when you finish. Your progress is kept in this browser; a WikiFree account is not required.
What is free?
The lessons in this listing are free YouTube videos. Free Video describes viewing access; cloud resources, AI services, software licenses, or other tools demonstrated in the recordings may have separate requirements or charges. You can watch without purchasing those optional services.
This listing does not include a certification exam or promise a certificate. Check current product documentation before applying older demonstrations to a new project.
The recordings use some historical Azure AD terminology. Check current Microsoft identity documentation when implementing security-sensitive code.
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Compare course focus, level and study time
| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Free Microsoft Identity Course: Secure Your Apps | Intermediate | Microsoft identity · Authentication · Tokens | 7h 14m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free Microsoft Entra Course: App Authentication | Intermediate | Review authentication in Power Pages · Understand native authentication for mobile apps · Explore Entra External ID integration in Visual Studio | 39m of video; practice time is additional |
| Secure Enterprise AI Agents: Free Google Course | Intermediate | Agent security vocabulary · Access boundary reasoning · Memory protection awareness | 30 minutes; official estimated study time, individual pace varies. |
| Free Cybersecurity Architecture Course: Identity to Response | Intermediate | Security architecture · CIA principles · Identity and access management | 3h 2m of video; practice time is additional |
Provider: Microsoft. Videos play from the Microsoft Developer channel on YouTube.
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