Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens by: Microsoft

Includes types that provide support for creating, serializing and validating JSON Web Tokens. This is a newer, faster version of System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt that has additional functionality.

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens by: Microsoft

Includes types that provide support for SecurityTokens, Cryptographic operations: Signing, Verifying Signatures, Encryption.

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Logging by: Microsoft

Includes Event Source based logging support.

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Abstractions by: Microsoft

A package containing thin abstractions for Microsoft.IdentityModel.

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.OpenIdConnect by: Microsoft

Includes types that provide support for OpenIdConnect protocol.

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols by: Microsoft

Provides base protocol support for OpenIdConnect and WsFederation.

Microsoft.Identity.Web by: Microsoft

This package enables ASP.NET Core web apps and web APIs to use the Microsoft identity platform (formerly Azure AD v2.0). This package is specifically used for web applications, which sign-in users, and protected web APIs, which optionally call downstream web APIs.

Microsoft.Identity.Web.TokenCache by: Microsoft

This package bring token cache serializers for MSAL.NET confidential client applications.

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Validators by: Microsoft

Includes types that provide token validators.

Microsoft.Identity.Web.UI by: Microsoft

This package enables UI for ASP.NET Core Web apps that use Microsoft.Identity.Web.

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory by: Microsoft

There is a newer version of this library available here: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Identity.Client/ Migration guide: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/msal-net-migration ADAL no longer receives new feature improvements.

Microsoft.Identity.Web.Certificate by: Microsoft

This package brings certificate management for MSAL.NET.

Microsoft.Identity.Web.TokenAcquisition by: Microsoft

Implementation for higher level API for confidential client applications (ASP.NET Core and SDK/.NET).

Microsoft.Identity.Web.Diagnostics by: Microsoft

Package Description

Microsoft.IdentityModel.LoggingExtensions by: Microsoft

A package containing logging extensions to support writing Identity logs to Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger.

Microsoft.Identity.Web.Certificateless by: Microsoft

This package brings certificateless authentication.

Microsoft.Identity.Web.TokenAcquisition.Abstractions by: Microsoft

Interface for higher level API for confidential client applications.

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Protocols.WsFederation by: Microsoft

Includes types that provide support for WsFederation protocol.

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.Saml by: Microsoft

Includes types that provide support for SamlTokens version 1 and 2.

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Xml by: Microsoft

Includes types that provide support for Reading / Writing XML with Enveloped Signatures.