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I am attempting to acquire a token from AzureAD in a native app and while this works fine on a number of computers, I have one where the application just hangs. Here is the code:
public async Task<string> GetTokenAAD()
{
//example https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/developer/get-azuread-access-token
var credential = new UserPasswordCredential(this.userName, this.password);
var authenticationContext = new AuthenticationContext(Properties.Settings.Default.AADAUTH_URL);
authenticationResult = await authenticationContext.AcquireTokenAsync(resourceUrl, this.clientID, credential); //code hangs here
if (authenticationResult != null)
{
return authenticationResult.AccessToken;
}
return string.Empty;
}
Solved! Go to Solution.
Turns out the issue was unrelated to PowerBI or Azure AD. The function was being called from a non-async function and I resolved it by adding ConfigureAwait(True) to the AcquiteTokenAsync call.
Could you please explain a bit for " application just hangs" ?
If it hangs in Windows, there should be application log generated for this event, please take a check under Event Viewer and see if any specific error message logged.
Further, for Windows Application hang, please check:
Extracting Information from Crash and Hang Dumps
Regards,
Michael
Turns out the issue was unrelated to PowerBI or Azure AD. The function was being called from a non-async function and I resolved it by adding ConfigureAwait(True) to the AcquiteTokenAsync call.
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