Microsoft Entra ID for desktop Excel and Office automation.
Office applications already sit at the centre of business work. But when desktop Excel, Access or VBA automation needs to call protected services, Microsoft 365 sign-in alone is not enough. The automation needs a clean way to authenticate the user and carry trusted identity into the systems it calls.
Desktop Office tools need identity that other systems can trust.
Users may already sign in to Microsoft 365, but a workbook macro or Access tool still needs its own reliable identity flow before it calls an internal API, JD Edwards Orchestration or cloud service.
Beanstalk uses the system browser and Microsoft Entra ID to perform the authentication flow, including MFA and Conditional Access where your policy requires it.
The Office tool receives the verified identity result through COM rather than handling credentials itself. That keeps the workbook useful, the user experience familiar and the identity policy central.
For Microsoft Entra environments
- Use Entra ID as the authority for desktop Excel, Access and VBA automation sign-in.
- Keep MFA and Conditional Access in the central identity platform.
- Avoid app-password-style workarounds for automation that needs real user identity.
For Office automation
- Let Excel or Access request authentication through a simple COM call.
- Return the signed-in user identity and claims to the workbook or tool.
- Pass token context to approved systems where scopes and audience are configured correctly.
For IT and audit
- Reduce hidden credentials and local password handling in macros.
- Create a cleaner explanation for Office-based automation in security reviews.
- Keep the authentication event in the identity system your security team already monitors.
Find out whether Beanstalk can secure your workflow.
Tell us whether the caller is Excel, Access, VBA, Delphi, PowerBuilder, a desktop Office tool or another Windows application; which identity provider you use; and what system the tool needs to call. We can usually tell quickly whether Beanstalk is a practical fit.