IServiceConfiguration<TService>.Authenticate Method (ClientCredentials)

Applies To: Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online

Authenticates against the trusted Microsoft Dynamics 365 Secure Token Service using client credentials.

Namespace:   Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client
Assembly:  Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk (in Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.dll)

Syntax

SecurityTokenResponse Authenticate(
    ClientCredentials clientCredentials
)

Function Authenticate (
    clientCredentials As ClientCredentials
) As SecurityTokenResponse

Parameters

• clientCredentials
  Type: System.ServiceModel.Description.ClientCredentials

  Type: ClientCredentials. Specifies a client credential instance containing either Windows credentials or UserName credentials.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client.SecurityTokenResponse

Type: SecurityTokenResponse
The security token response.

Remarks

Returns null when the service is in Active Directory mode. A non-null value is returned when in federated mode.

See Also

Authenticate Overload
IServiceConfiguration<TService> Interface
Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk.Client Namespace

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