User management is a fundamental aspect of application development. Whether you’re building a consumer-facing app or an enterprise solution, handling authentication, authorization, and user data is a critical challenge. In many cases, user data needs to be accessible across multiple services, even when the user hasn’t explicitly logged into each one. This is where directory management comes into play. Traditionally, applications relied on LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) to manage user directories. However, with the shift to cloud-based environments, […]
With the evolution of authentication and API standards, integrating Exchange Online with ColdFusion requires adapting to new technologies. Previously, developers connected to Exchange Online using the cfexchangeconnection tag alongside various cfexchange tags like: cfexchangecalendar cfexchangecontact cfexchangemail cfexchangetask cfexchangefolder cfexchangeconversation cfexchangefilter This approach involved manually specifying the Exchange Online EWS endpoint, and while it worked, recent changes introduced new challenges. Challenges with the Existing Method 1. Basic Authentication Removal by Microsoft Microsoft deprecated and permanently disabled Basic Authentication for Exchange […]
OAuth 2.0 is the industry-standard protocol for authorization, designed to simplify client development while offering specific authorization flows for applications. By integrating OAuth through providers, developers can decouple the authorization as well as the authentication layers from their applications, delegating these responsibilities to trusted providers. This approach allows developers to focus on core business logic while ensuring secure access management. The cfoauth tag is the implementation of Oauth 2.0 specification in ColdFusion which allows you to integrate with these […]
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