Sharepoint App Connection Question

[rharkness]

I'm trying to establish an app connection to sharepoint.  The client is telling me that we have to use the Client Credentials method because the "Authorization Code Grant" method is requiring tennat authentication and at this point and time they aren't wanting to jump through the administrative hoops to get a service account approved and granted.

Our issue is how do we get the strings out of the cer and pfx files to put into the Certificate and Private Key fields?

[JKelty]

Thanks for this information.  I am having a similar issue.  I find when I try to set up the SharePoint connector  that I do not have this "Client Credentials (Certificate)" option you mentioned.  I see only "Authorization code grant" and "Client credentials," both of which are wanting me to log in using my email or phone even though I'm setting up an application account.

[Bhagya_pola]

Hello @JKelty 

When I mentioned Client Credentials (Certificate) in my previous reply, I was specifically referring to the Client Credentials authentication type, the certificate was mentioned only for reference.

Yes, even after completing all the setup steps, you still need to sign in to establish a successful connection.
Just to add, since the SharePoint connection uses OAuth 2.0, the refresh token is handled internally once you sign in.