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Configure Store Commerce for web to use a custom Microsoft Entra app

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This article explains how to configure Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce Store Commerce for web to use a custom Microsoft Entra app.

By default, Store Commerce for web points to a registered first-party Microsoft app in Microsoft Entra ID. Therefore, you can use Store Commerce for web without having to make any changes in Microsoft Entra ID. However, you might want to point your instance of Store Commerce for web to a custom Microsoft Entra app that you control. This article explains how to configure Store Commerce for web to use a custom Microsoft Entra app.

Note

This article only applies to self-hosted Commerce Scale Unit (CSU) installations or development using a self-hosted CSU.

Set up a custom Retail Server app in Microsoft Entra ID

To create and configure a custom Retail Server app in Microsoft Entra ID, follow these steps.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center by using any Microsoft Entra user account. The user account doesn't have to have administrator permissions.

  2. Select Microsoft Entra ID.

  3. Select App registrations, and then select New registration to open the Register an application dialog box.

  4. Set the following fields:

    • Name – Enter a custom name for the app. For example, enter Custom Retail Server.
    • Support account types – Select the default option, Accounts in this organizational directory only (Microsoft only - Single tenant).
    • Redirect URI – This field is optional. Leave it blank.
    • Service Tree ID – This field is optional. Leave it blank.

  5. Select Register. The configuration page for the newly registered app appears.

  6. In the Overview > Essentials section, select Add an Application ID URI, and then select Set next to Application ID URI. Make a note of the suggested value, and then select Save to accept that value.

  7. Select Add a scope, and then set the following fields:

    • Scope name – Enter a custom name for the scope. For example, enter Legacy.Access.Full.
    • Who can consent – Specify whether both admins and users or only admins can give consent, based on your organization's security policies.
    • Admin consent display name – Enter a display name. For example, enter Access Retail Server.
    • Admin consent description – Enter a description. For example, enter Gives access to Retail Server APIs.

  8. Select Add scope to complete the scope creation process.

Set up a custom app for Store Commerce for web in Microsoft Entra ID

Important

If you're upgrading an existing custom Store Commerce for web Microsoft Entra app that was created before Commerce version 10.0.21, follow the steps in Upgrade an existing custom Store Commerce for web Microsoft Entra app created before Commerce version 10.0.21.

To create and configure a custom app for Store Commerce for web in Microsoft Entra ID, follow these steps.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center by using any Microsoft Entra user account. The user account doesn't have to have administrator permissions.

  2. Select Microsoft Entra ID.

  3. Select App registrations, and then select New registration to open the Register an application dialog box.

  4. Set the following fields:

    • Name – Enter a name for the app. For example, enter Custom Store Commerce for web.
    • Support account types – Select the default option, Accounts in this organizational directory only (Microsoft only - Single tenant).
    • Redirect URI – Select Single-page application (SPA) in the drop-down list, and then enter your Cloud POS URL.
    • Service Tree ID – This field is optional. Leave it blank.

  5. Select Register. The configuration page for the newly registered app appears.

  6. In the Manifest section, set the oauth2AllowIdTokenImplicitFlow and oauth2AllowImplicitFlow parameters to true, and then select Save.

  7. In the Token configuration section, follow these steps to add two claims:

    1. Select Add optional claim. Set the Token type field to ID, and then select the sid claim. Select Add.
    2. Select Add optional claim. Set the Token type field to Access, and then select the sid claim. Select Add.

  8. In the API permissions section, select Add a permission.

  9. On the APIs my organization uses tab, search for the Retail Server app that you created in the Set up a custom Retail Server app in Microsoft Entra ID section. Then select Add permissions.

  10. In the Overview section, make a note of the value in the Application (client) ID field.

Upgrade an existing custom Store Commerce for web Microsoft Entra app created before Commerce version 10.0.21

To upgrade an existing custom Store Commerce for web Microsoft Entra app created before Commerce version 10.0.21, follow these steps.

  1. Open your custom Store Commerce for web Microsoft Entra app in the Azure portal.
  2. Select the Authentication tab.
  3. Copy and save the original redirect URI from the Web type for use later, and then delete it.
  4. Select Add a platform, and then select Single-page application (SPA).
  5. Add the original web redirect URI copied above to the SPA platform.
  6. In the Token configuration section, follow these steps to add two claims:
    1. Select Add optional claim. Set the Token type field to ID, and then select the sid claim. Select Add.
    2. Select Add optional claim. Set the Token type field to Access, and then select the sid claim. Select Add.

Update the Store Commerce for web configuration file

The following steps only apply to a CSU (self-hosted) that uses the Retail SDK. If you are using a sealed CSU installer, this process is completed automatically during the installation process. Open the Store Commerce for web config.json file, and make the following changes.

  1. Replace the Microsoft Entra IDClientId key value with the Application (client) ID value of the custom Store Commerce for web app that you created in the Set up a custom Store Commerce for web app in Microsoft Entra ID section.
  2. Replace the Microsoft Entra IDRetailServerResourceId key value with the Application ID URI value of the custom Retail Server app that you created in the Set up a custom Retail Server app in Microsoft Entra ID section.

Store Commerce for web will use both parameters when it sends requests to Microsoft Entra ID to acquire a security token.

Update identity providers settings in Commerce headquarters

Next, you must update identity providers settings in Commerce headquarters.

  1. In Commerce headquarters, open the Commerce shared parameters page.

  2. On the Identity Providers tab, in the Identity providers section, select the row where the Type field is set to Microsoft Entra and the Issuer field points to your Microsoft Entra tenant. This setting declares that you'll work with child grids that contain the data that's related to the identity provider that corresponds to your Microsoft Entra tenant.

  3. In the Relying parties section, select Add to add a row.

  4. Set the following fields:

  5. Select the row that you added. The Server Resource IDs section below the Relying Parties section shows the Retail Server app IDs that can be accessed by the app that you selected in the Relying Parties grid.

  6. In the Server Resource IDs section, select Add to add a row.

  7. In the Server Resource Id field, enter the Application ID URI value of the custom Retail Server app that you created in the Set up a custom Retail Server app in Microsoft Entra ID section.

    Important

    All the fields that are mentioned in the preceding steps are case-sensitive. The values that you enter must exactly match the values that are configured in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

  8. Go to Retail and Commerce IT > Distribution schedule, and run the 1110 (Global configuration) job.

You can now activate Store Commerce for web devices by using your own Microsoft Entra app.

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