Microsoft Entra External ID BFF security architecture using ASP.NET Core and nx Angular standalone

Secure an Angular application using Microsoft Entra External ID and ASP.NET Core with BFF

Debugging

Start the Angular project from the ui folder

nx serve --ssl

Start the ASP.NET Core project from the server folder

dotnet run

Or just open Visual Studio and run the solution.

Credits and used libraries

NetEscapades.AspNetCore.SecurityHeaders
Yarp.ReverseProxy
Microsoft.Identity.Web
ASP.NET Core
Angular
Nx

Links

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/introduction-to-aspnet-core

https://nx.dev/getting-started/intro

https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-identity-web

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/identity/customers

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/external-identities/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/identity-access/microsoft-entra-external-id

https://www.cloudpartner.fi/?p=14685

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-azure-ad-blog/microsoft-entra-external-id-public-preview-developer-centric/ba-p/3823766

https://github.com/Azure-Samples/ms-identity-ciam-dotnet-tutorial

https://github.com/damienbod/EntraExternalIdCiam

https://github.com/damienbod/bff-aspnetcore-angular

https://github.com/damienbod/bff-auth0-aspnetcore-angular

https://github.com/damienbod/bff-openiddict-aspnetcore-angular

https://github.com/damienbod/bff-azureadb2c-aspnetcore-angular

https://github.com/isolutionsag/aspnet-react-bff-proxy-example

https://github.com/damienbod/bff-aspnetcore-vuejs