There is no sample how to create a custom WebAccountProvider, only how to use it?

[hansmbakker]

There seems to be no sample how to create and register a custom WebAccountProvider.

There is a presentation from Microsoft Build 2015 that shows the concepts, but

• the code in the appendix is not complete
• the "tokenbroker" sample referenced from the presentation is not available anymore.

I found https://github.com/jaimerodriguez/WebAccountProvider/ but it would be good if that would be polished and maintained in the official Microsoft documentation as there is no other documentation about it.

[oldnewthing]

I created an item on the feature team's backlog.

[hansmbakker]

@oldnewthing could you please give an update of its status?

[oldnewthing]

Still active on the backlog.

[hansmbakker]

Ok, thank you for the quick response! Is there any chance you could indicate an expected timeframe? (Weeks? Months? Half year? Year?)

[oldnewthing]

The feature team didn't say. The item is still active on their backlog, and they marked it as a priority for the next major release of Windows after 1903, but they didn't give a specific timeframe.

[hansmbakker]

Thank you for asking!

[hansmbakker]

The same sample is asked for in

• https://github.com/Microsoft/msdn-content/issues/1
• Sample available for a custom WebAccountProvider? #577
• Sample Custom WebAccountProvider #377
• No official documentation on how to create own WebAccountProvider MicrosoftDocs/windows-dev-docs#671

[hansmbakker]

@oldnewthing could you please let us know what the status of the backlog item is?

[oldnewthing]

Still on the backlog.

[hansmbakker]

@oldnewthing is there any update on this?

[oldnewthing]

Still on the backlog. I will update this issue if the status of the backlog item changes. (I wouldn't hold my breath.)

[michael-hawker]

Isn't that this sample? https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-universal-samples/tree/main/Samples/WebAccountManagement

[hansmbakker]

No, because that sample does not properly implement the manifest, activation events, backgroundtask etc as explained in this repository: https://github.com/jaimerodriguez/WebAccountProvider.