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The enhanced authorization tag on WindowsForum.com collects discussion of Microsoft Power Pages security architecture, specifically how external-facing portals bridge Dataverse enterprise access controls with Power Pages visitor identity. The tagged thread examines the long-standing split between System Users and Security Roles on the inside and Contacts and Web Roles on the outside, and how an elevated application user has historically performed middle-tier translation to fetch data and evaluate access rules. It also covers Dataverse roles, C2 users, plug-ins, and custom scope as they relate to Microsoft's Power Platform roadmap for stronger portal authorization.
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    Power Pages Enhanced Authorization: Dataverse Roles, C2 Users, Plugins and Custom Scope

    Anyone who has ever built or administered an external-facing portal on Microsoft’s Power Platform—whether in its current incarnation as Power Pages or its earlier lives as Power Apps Portals, Dynamics 365 Portals, or Adxstudio Portals—knows the awkward architectural split at the heart of its...