Specifies the type of authentication to use when connecting to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. If this property is left blank, the default authentication is used.

Possible Values

AccessKey, AzureAD, AzureServicePrincipal, AzureServicePrincipalCert, AzureMSI, NTLM, Negotiate

Data Type

string

Default Value

"AzureAD"

Remarks

Available authentication options include:

• AccessKey: Perform authentication using an Access Key. (Testing use only.)
• AzureAD: Perform Azure Active Directory (user-based) OAuth authentication.
• AzureMSI: Automatically obtain Azure AD Managed Service Identity credentials when running on an Azure VM.
• AzureServicePrincipal: Authenticate as an Azure Service Principal (role-based, application-based) using a Client Secret.
• AzureServicePrincipalCert: Authenticate as an Azure Service Principal (role-based, application-based) using a Certificate.
• AzureMSI: Automatically obtain Managed Service Identity credentials when running on an Azure VM.
• NTLM: Authenticate using your Windows credentials.
• Negotiate: Directs the provider to negotiate an authentication mechanism with the server. Specify this AuthScheme if you want to use Kerberos authentication.

For information about creating a custom application to authenticate with Azure AD, see Creating an Entra ID (Azure AD) Application.

For information about creating a custom application to authenticate with Azure AD Service Principal, see Creating a Service Principal App in Entra ID (Azure AD).