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Role-Based vs Claims-Based Authorization - Azure Tutorial
From the course: Azure Essential Training for Developers
Role-Based vs Claims-Based Authorization
- When planning out your security strategy for your applications, two methods can be used. Role-based authorization or claims-based authorization. Let's take a look at each. In Role-based authorization, applications enforce access by roles. These roles can be used in authorized attributes in your code. Alternatively, claims-based authorization enforces permissions by using information about the user rather than relying on a single role declaration. These pieces of information are called claims, and are passed along as part of a user identity. Claims are more granular, and can be customized to include relevant information that your application needs. Let's say you wanted to authorize a loyalty discount to users that are part of your rewards program. With claims-based authorization, you could create a claim called reward program member ID. Then, you could authorize the discount for the users who have this claim as a…
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