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  1. #AzureAD #enterprise #apps and #delegated #access versus #app #access. Do you know this significant difference?

    Delegated access means that a user logs in to a given application and that application then accesses services on behalf of that user. This means that the user actually must have access to those services, because the application itself doesn't have any access, it just acts on behalf of the user. The simplest example is the mail client - the mail client application itself has no access to mail. However, the user logs into the application with their account and the application then receives and sends mail etc. on behalf of the logged in user.

    In contrast, app access gives rights directly to the application itself and does not need any rights of any particular user. The application authenticates and acts for itself.