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+# Authentication
+
+To create a settings file interactively use: `mathworks.internal.adx.buildSettingsFile`.
+
+Template JSON configuration files for various authentication approaches can be
+found in `matlab-azure-adx/Software/MATLAB/config`
+
+In general for initial testing Client Secret based authentication is the simplest
+to configure an work with. To use other approaches it is recommended to contact
+MathWorks®: <mwlab@mathworks.com>.
+
+Certain authentication methods require the additional use of the Azure Java SDK
+authentication support as documented in [Authentication.md](Authentication.md).
+
+| Authentication Method | JSON file field value | Java SDK support required |
+|:----------------------|:----------------------|:-------------------------:|
+| Client Secret         | clientSecret          | No                        |
+| Interactive Browser   | interactiveBrowser    | Yes                       |
+| Device Code           | deviceCode            | Yes                       |
+| Managed Identity      | managedIdentity       | Yes                       |
+
+If you wish to use an Azure authentication method that is not listed please contact MathWorks at: <mwlab@mathworks.com>.
+
+## Settings file fields
+
+The default settings file is: `matlab-azure-adx/Software/MATLAB/config/adx.Client.Settings.json`
+Alternative names and paths can be used if required.
+Depending on the authentication method used different fields are required. The
+template files for the documented methods show the fields for the various methods.
+
+For example Interactive Browser uses:
+
+```json
+{
+    "preferredAuthMethod" : "interactiveBrowser",
+    "subscriptionId" : "<REDACTED>",
+    "tenantId" : "<REDACTED>",
+    "clientId" : "<REDACTED>",
+    "database" : "<defaultDatabaseName>",
+    "resourceGroup": "<resourceGroupName>",
+    "cluster" : "https://<defaultClusterName>.<region>.kusto.windows.net"
+}
+```
+
+In use the fields `controlBearerToken` and `dataBearerToken` will be added to the file
+to cache the short lived bearer token values the control and data planes. These values are sensitive and should not be exposed.
+
+| Field name          | Description |
+|:--------------------|:------------|
+| preferredAuthMethod | Indicated the authentication approach to use, e.g. clientSecret |
+| tenantId            | Azure tenant ID |
+| subscriptionId      | Azure subscriptions ID |
+| clientId            | ID of the Application Registration used to connect to ADX |
+| clientSecret        | Secret value corresponding to the clientId, this value is sensitive and should not be exposed |
+| resourceGroup       | Azure resource group containing the ADX instance |
+| database            | Default database name to use |
+| cluster             | Default cluster name to use |
+
+## Client Secret
+
+Client Secret authentication is sometimes referred to as "Application Secret" as the
+secrets created apply to Application Registrations. This package uses the term "Client
+Secret or `clientSecret`as appropriate.
+
+Client secret does not use the "Secret ID" value and it should not be confused with the
+Client ID (sometimes called the App ID) or the Client Secret itself.
+
+## BaseClient extension
+
+The file `matlab-azure-adx/Software/MATLAB/app/system/+adx/+control/BaseClient.m`
+implements the base client for the interface's API call classes.
+In this file there are well commented hook points to which custom authentication
+code can be integrated if required. This topic should be discussed with MathWorks
+to clarify is custom code is necessary.
+
+## Bearer Tokens
+
+The lower-level `+api` classes and some higher-level functions accept an optional
+argument `bearerToken` directly if the authentication process to obtain the token
+is handled by some external means. Note that the KQL queries and management commands
+will require different tokens as they use different endpoints.
+
+## References
+
+* Azure Services authentication [https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/matlab-azure-services/blob/main/Documentation/Authentication.md](https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/matlab-azure-services/blob/main/Documentation/Authentication.md)
+
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