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Access D365 Business Central API with Client Credentials Token

Hello,

I need to access business central web services with oauth, as basic auth will be removed.

Although I believe that I've done all the steps required to use a bearer token for authentication, bc api requests fail with the following message:

"error": {
    "code": "Internal_ServerError",
    "message": "You do not have access to this object using an application as authentication.  CorrelationId:  XXX."
}

What I've done so far:

add application through azure portal
grant business central permissions (app access, automation, financials)
add azure application in business central and grant consent
grant super rights in business central

I want to use client credentials flow as a server application needs to access the business central api, where no user is involved.

To get the token, I'm using Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL). That's my code (c#) where I get a token as response, but this token cannot be used failing with the error message above:

IConfidentialClientApplication app;
app = ConfidentialClientApplicationBuilder.Create(CLIENT ID)
       .WithClientSecret(CLIENT SECRET)
       .WithAuthority(new Uri(login.microsoftonline.com/TENANT GUID))
       .Build();

var scopes = new List<string> { "api.businesscentral.dynamics.com/.default" };
var result = app.AcquireTokenForClient(scopes).ExecuteAsync().Result;

Am I missing some configuration step in azure or bc?

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