The Microsoft Authentication Library, available for platforms including .NET, Python, Java, JavaScript, iOS and Android, which obtains, caches and renews tokens from the Microsoft identity platform. It took over from ADAL, which is no longer supported.
Also called Microsoft Authentication Library, ADAL.
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Terms in this definition
- IDENTITY
A column property, written IDENTITY(seed, increment), that gives each new row the next number in a rising sequence. SCOPE_IDENTITY reports the latest value created in the current scope, and a rolled-back transaction still uses up the numbers it took.
- OVER
Gives a T-SQL window function its window: PARTITION BY, ORDER BY and, if wanted, a ROWS or RANGE frame. Rankings and running totals can then be worked out while every row is kept.