# AAD authentication with a custom datasource plug-in

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/aad-authentication-with-a-custom-datasource-plug-in/8053>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [June 13, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/aad-authentication-with-a-custom-datasource-plug-in/8053 "2018-06-13T10:07:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![deshevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@deshevan](https://community.grafana.com/u/deshevan)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/aad-authentication-with-a-custom-datasource-plug-in/8053/1 "2018-06-13T10:07:18Z")

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Is there support for integrating grafana with datasource that expects Authorization header with Bearer token obtained from Azure active directory

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**Author:** ![anon34853223](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@anon34853223](https://community.grafana.com/u/anon34853223)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 10:38am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/aad-authentication-with-a-custom-datasource-plug-in/8053/2 "2018-07-02T10:38:34Z")

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Hi,

Have you read the [documentation](http://docs.grafana.org/plugins/developing/auth-for-datasources/)? Could you please explain in more detail what you’re trying to accomplish.

Marcus