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Copper Contributor

Apr 01, 2020

How to traverse SharePoint site collection with Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) enabled?

I have a Winforms app that displays a SharePoint site collection and document libraries in a TreeView control with hierarchy according to the site level. I use the following code for account with MF...

MFA

jcgonzalezmartin

MVP

Apr 01, 2020

What about not using user and password to connect to SPO? You could connect as an App so you could avoid MFA

Jack_Le_Syn

Copper Contributor

Apr 01, 2020

This program is for end-users to connect to their SP environments. Can "Connecting as an App" work?

jcgonzalezmartin
MVP
Apr 02, 2020
That's correct
- Jack_Le_Syn
  Copper Contributor
  Apr 02, 2020
  jcgonzalezmartin
  I followed this article to set things up. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/solution-guidance/security-apponly-azureacs
  
  But I keep getting the error (see attachment).