Access Token Issuer from Azure AD is sts.windows.net Instead Of login.microsoftonline.com
Shows how to fix access Token Issuer from Azure AD is sts.windows.net Instead Of login.microsoftonline.com. Use it when you hit this exact problem. Skip it when your error message or symptom looks different.
TL;DR
[juunas (accepted answer)] (Update 2025): The property is now named requestedAccessTokenVersion in the new "Microsoft Graph App Manifest". https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/azure-active-directory-graph-app-manifest-deprecation#attribute-differences-between-azure-ad-graph-and-microsoft-graph-formats.
Steps
- [juunas (accepted answer)] (Update 2025): The property is now named requestedAccessTokenVersion in the new "Microsoft Graph App Manifest". https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/azure-active-directory-graph-app-manifest-deprecation#attribute-differences-between-azure-ad-graph-and-microsoft-graph-formats. The default value is still null and needs to be changed to 2. Original Answer: So seems that changing the acceptedTokenVersion to 2 in the manifest did change but it just took time to take effect. And yes the audience is always the client id based on my tests in v2 tokens.
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Versions
Versions mentioned in the source: guid v2.0. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.
Why this happens
The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.
Sources
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/azure-active-directory-graph-app-manifest-deprecation#attribute-differences-between-azure-ad-graph-and-microsoft-graph-formats
- https://login.microsoftonline.com/{{my
- https://sts.windows.net//{{my
- https://login.microsoftonline.com/
- https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-js/issues/560