[Feature Request]: Azure Active Directory as Authentication Type for Azure Authentication
- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
### What would you like to happen?
Actually apache Hop does support Basic and Managed Identity authentication type only.
Many clients would challenge its usage for security reasons, it would be great if Apache Hop, like other widely used ETL/ELT tool, would be able to support Azure Active Directory Authentication.
### Issue Priority
Priority: 3
### Issue Component
Component: VFS
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start in the VFS component by tracing the existing Basic and Managed Identity authentication paths. Check how Azure authentication types are configured and tested, then verify that Azure Active Directory authentication works for clients without relying on Basic credentials.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- azure, java
- Domain
- authentication, cloud
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100