I have been slowly working through a custom policy to handle a JIT migration of an external IDP users to Azure B2C. It has been a long journey because there are many complexities in sorting out the components and the configuration steps using XML is a bit of a challenge. I am making some progress.
The basic use case is this: At sign in, the user/password is first checked against the B2C AD and if the user already exists just continue to sign in. If the user isn't in B2C AD, then check the external IDP with a REST call. I planned the response from the external IDP to be used in a binary way: If I get a 200 response, then add the user to B2C AD. If an error is returned then the user will be told to create an account.
I started with a couple of samples from a JIT Migration that I found. I had some difficulty navigating all the components with the social media logins, etc that I then reverted back to the "Local Accounts" sample found in the custom policy starterpack. I got the basic steps to work with no modification. I then added the technical profiles for the REST calls to the extensions file. I used the extension from one of the JIT migration samples and at least got the uploads to work. I am able to present a login prompt.
These are the scenarios and responses I see: 1) A user that I know is in B2C returns an error of "Unable to validate the information provided." 2) A user that I know is in the external IDP but not in B2C returns "We can't seem to find your account". 3) If I try a completely made up account that exists in neither, I see "The claims exchange 'REST-UserMigration-LocalAccount-SignIn' specified in step '1' returned HTTP error response with Code 'BadRequest' and Reason ''. "
So the question/struggle is how do I best sort out what is failing in each step. I have added app insights to the environment. I do see the traces in VS Code. But what should I look for? Here is the short responses ("Exceptions") for each of the errors listed above:
Scenario 1: The claim type "signInNames.emailAddress", designated as the identifier claim type, could not be found in the claims collection for the claims principal in tenant id "B2C_1A_JITMigration_signup_signin"
Scenario 2: A user with the specified credential could not be found.
Scenario 3: ErrorCodes: AADB2C90075
Rather than post of the code, here is the link to what I copied: https://github.com/azure-ad-b2c/user-migration/blob/master/jit-migration-v2/policy/TrustFrameworkExtensions.xml I can post up my exact code but basically I changed the tenant and the REST call. The Technical profile for the REST call snippet is:
<InputClaims>
<InputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="signInName" PartnerClaimType="username"/>
<InputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="password" />
</InputClaims>
<OutputClaims>
<OutputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="needToMigrate" />
<OutputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="email" />
<OutputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="newPassword" />
<OutputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="displayName" />
<OutputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="givenName" />
<OutputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="surname" />
</OutputClaims>
<UseTechnicalProfileForSessionManagement ReferenceId="SM-Noop" />
</TechnicalProfile>
The input claims are fine but I am not sure how to modify the output claims. The REST API returns a single value of an authentication token which I don't need but is an indication that the authentication succeeded. It returns an error if the authentication fails. Basically an HTTP 200 is good, an HTTP 400 means the user doesn't exist. The goal is to use that API call as a binary indicator to either migrate or not migrate the user. Perhaps I cannot use the API in that way.
My hope is to solve each scenario step by step. Figure out why the scenario 1 doesn't work although the credential are correct. Then figure out why scenario 2 is correctly identifying that the user isn't found but wasn't automatically migrated. Finally, to figure out how to manage the 400 error returned by the API when the user doesn't exist in the external IDP.
I might need to tweak the user journeys or orchestration steps? Taking baby steps here.
Thanks
This is the Azure B2C User Flow’s Application claims, where I can tick the Email Addresses and save it.
UserFlow Application Claims
How can I do this in custom policy? I am trying to add Multi-Tenant login to AAD B2C via custom policies and I need to select this ‘Email Addresses’ in the Application Claims from User Flow.
How can I select or activate this same ‘Email Addresses’ in custom policy XML files?
So far I tried adding -->> OutputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="signInNames.emailAddress" <<-- to the technical profiles, but still no luck.
The claim you want is "preferred_username".
Try to add <OutputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="email" PartnerClaimType="preferred_username" />.
I've a custom policy for sign up & sign in and, in the last step, I ask the user to enter the email, where I send a verification code and verify the code (following one of the examples provided by Microsoft). However, I'd like to store, in the "contact info" the email that the person entered.
I tried multiple ways using "PersistedClaims", but it doesn't seem to work.
<PersistedClaims>
<PersistedClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="signInNames.emailAddress" PartnerClaimType="email"/>
</PersistedClaims>
I got no error when I load the policy, but when I sign up, I still don't see the email in the Contact Info inside the user's profile in Azure AD B2C.
I believe that I'm using the wrong claim, but I couldn't figure out what it the "Contact info -> Email" claim.
Please, could someone tell me which claim and how to store it?
Thank you
Change “email” to “mail”.
Change “signInName.emailAddress” to “signInName” (if this is during sign up)
I'm working on a REST API that sends a confirmation email for a custom policy. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to pass the current culture so I can send a localized email?
You can add an <InputClaim /> to the REST API technical profile for passing the current culture as follows:
<InputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="mkt" PartnerClaimType="mkt" DefaultValue="{Culture:RFC5646}" />
where "mkt" (market) is an example of a claim type that you can replace with your own one.
"{Culture:RFC5646}" is known as a claims resolver.
Be sure to add the claim type to the TrustFrameworkPolicy/BuildingBlocks/ClaimsSchema section.
I have created custom policies for social and local accounts based on the example from the Active Directory B2C custom policy starter pack for social and local accounts. I have enabled the login with Microsoft and Google and tested that both work, I have also enabled logging in with a local account.
When I log in with google I get the following claims
exp,nbf,ver,iss,sub,aud,acr,nonce,iat,auth_time,email,given_name,family_name,name,idp,at_hash
When I log into a custom Azure AD tenant the set of claims is missing 'email', but the email is listed in the 'name' claim
exp,nbf,ver,iss,sub,aud,acr,nonce,iat,auth_time,given_name,family_name, name,idp,at_hash
When I log in as a local account the set of claims is missing 'email' and there is no email listed in any of the fields.
exp,nbf,ver,iss,sub,aud,acr,nonce,iat,auth_time,given_name, family_name,name,at_hash
Finally, when I look at the list of users in the B2C admin, these are all different user entries...even though the email address is the same. So I have 2 questions,
How do I get a consistent set of claims in the id_token
How do I link all these accounts together at registration time (Same UPN)
I believe these may be related, which is why I am asking them together.
You probably want to see the policies, but I assure you they are exactly the same as the policies in the starter pack, all I've done is change the tenant names and added google and azure in the trust framework extensions file.
For the Azure AD email claim, add the following <OutputClaim /> to the Azure AD OpenID Connect technical profile:
<OutputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="email" PartnerClaimType="unique_name" />
For the local account email claim, add the following <OutputClaim /> to the AAD-UserReadUsingObjectId technical profile:
<OutputClaim ClaimTypeReferenceId="email" PartnerClaimType="signInNames.emailAddress" />