How to Verify Your microsoft digital Identity Using microsoft authenticator

Microsoft Verified ID enables users to securely prove their verified credentials through the Microsoft Authenticator app, utilizing decentralized identity protocols such as DID (Decentralized Identifiers) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs). By leveraging cryptographic techniques, the solution ensures that users can selectively disclose specific attributes without exposing their entire identity, enhancing privacy and reducing the risk of data leakage. This approach not only empowers users with control over their digital identity but also ensures compliance with stringent data protection regulations, making it a robust and future-proof solution for identity verification in complex digital environments.

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1. Configure Digital Wallets

• Go to miniOrange Digital Identity Login Dashboard and click on Add New Wallet button.

• Select Microsoft Authenticator from here.

2. Microsoft Authenticator Configuration

• The plugin configuration page would open. Copy the Redirect URL, you would need it in the next step as shown below.

• To fill in the required configuration fields, you need to first login in Microsoft Entra admin center and login.
• Go to Applications and then app registration. Click on All Applications and select the application which you have created for Verified Credentials. Click on your application.
• The details page would open as shown in the below image.

• You can see all the details regarding the field required in the plugin here.
• Click on Redirect URL in your verified application details page and click on add a platform. Select Web and in the Redirect Uri field, copy the Call Back URL from the plugin dashboard and paste here.
• Copy the Client ID and Tenant ID from your Verified Credential application and paste it in the appropriate fields in the plugin.
• To get Client Secret, on the same Verified Credentials, click on Certificates and Secrets. as shown below. Click on Add New Client Secret, give description and click Add.

• After filling all the values in the plugin dashboard, click on Connect Microsoft App as shown below.

• After Clicking on Configure, you would be redirected to a Microsoft account. Select the account and then give permissions for your Verified Credentials App as shown below. Read the access you are giving, and Click On Accept. After giving the required permissions, you will be redirected to the plugin dashboard.

• In the plugin dashboard, if the plugin configuration has been done correctly, two new fields will be visible." DID Authority and Credential Type.
• In DID Authority, it's a dropdown that lists all the DID Authority issuers already configured by you. Select the one you would like to use in the plugin for authentication purposes, as shown below.

• In the Credential type field, it lists out all the Credential types issued by you (Create a credential which also has an email attribute as this is a required field in our plugin). Select the one you would like to use for authentication purposes in our plugin as shown below. This credential would be required when the user scans the QR code to prove the ownership of this particular Digital Identity.

3. Save Configuration

• Now Click on Save Configuration.
• After this, you could see your configured application in the plugin Dashboard as shown below. You could edit or delete your application from here.

4. Access Wallet Login Option

• Now to test your flow, you need to go to your default WordPress login page(wp-login.php) and Click on Microsoft Authenticator as shown below.

5. Display QR Code

• Scan the QR from Microsoft Authenticator as shown below from Microsoft Authenticator mobile App.

• After scanning the QR from your mobile app, share the requested credentials and you would be automatically log in to WordPress with the shared credentials.