Authenticate user-specific OAuth connections - When a user creates an OAuth connection in the Manage OAuth connections section, the user can invite roles to use the connection. The Control Room supports user-specific connection values, ensuring that each user's access is properly configured. To facilitate this, the Control Room provides the capability to authenticate user-specific OAuth connections.

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When a user creates an OAuth connection in the Manage > OAuth connections section, the user can invite roles to use the connection. The Control Room supports user-specific connection values, ensuring that each user's access is properly configured. To facilitate this, the Control Room provides the capability to authenticate user-specific OAuth connections.

About this task

Users who are part of the invited roles can use this connection. When a user uses such a connection in their bots, the user must select the User-specific token type. User can view the list of OAuth connections that user account was invited to use from the My Settings page and authenticate the connections to use.

Procedure

  1. In the Control Room, click username profile at the lower-left corner of the left panel, and then click My settings.
  2. In the My Settings page, click the OAuth connections tab to view connections.
  3. Click a connection to authenticate the connection.
    The OAuth connections section provides the following information.
    Option Description
    Filter Filters your connections by either the connection name or the shared token status.
    Search Searches your connections.
    Tip: To search the exact phrase, enclose the search phrase within double quotation marks (for example, "Outlook365-Production").
    Refresh Refreshes and displays the updated status.
    Customize columns Shows or hides specific columns.
    Provider type Shows the provider type.
    Connection name Shows the connection name.
    Shared token status Shows the status of the token. Click Login to re-authenticate to get a new token to use with the OAuth connection. For more information, see Shared token status information.
    Table 1. Shared token status information
    Access token in Control Room: (Does the access token exist in the Control Room?) Expiry claim in token: (Does the access token include expiry claim?) Access token expired: (Has the expiry claim expired?) Status label: (Derived value)
    Yes Yes No Active
    Yes Yes Yes Expired
    Yes No Not applicable Not available
    No Not applicable Not applicable Unknown