Azure-docs: In express settings what does Grant Common Data Services Permissions do?

[colinrippeyfinarne]

I am securing an Azure Function, if I choose the Express Settings I see an option to toggle Grant Common Data Services Permissions - can you explain what this setting actually does please?

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• ID: 34a42775-fe33-ccab-3b5b-22c5db4f60c1
• Version Independent ID: 5e892b9d-3620-9d45-1fd7-e2e900cd2079
• Content: Configure Azure Active Directory authentication for your App Services application
• Content Source: articles/app-service/app-service-mobile-how-to-configure-active-directory-authentication.md
• Service: app-service-mobile
• GitHub Login: @mattchenderson
• Microsoft Alias: mahender

[Grace-MacJones-MSFT]

Hi @colinrippeyfinarne, thanks for the feedback! We are currently investigating and will update you shortly.

[Grace-MacJones-MSFT]

@colinrippeyfinarne CDS provides a security framework to help protect your data. This setting lets you securely store and manage your apps data. You can learn more about CDS here.

We will now proceed to close this thread. If there are further questions regarding this matter, please tag me in your reply. We will gladly continue the discussion and we will reopen the issue.

[Marusyk]

@Grace-MacJones-MSFT
It would be great to have some links to Common Data Service description from the current page.