Updates for Peaky's suggestions.

Author: mitchdenny

NonInteractivePatGenerationSample/NonInteractivePatGenerationSample/Program.cs

@@ -16,19 +16,16 @@ public class Program
         // This is the resource ID for the VSTS application - don't change this.
         private const string VstsResourceId = "499b84ac-1321-427f-aa17-267ca6975798";
 
-        // This is the resource for your own application registered in AAD (which needs access to the VSTS application).
-        // 
-        private const string ClientId = "[your AAD application client ID]";
-
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            var adalCredential = new UserPasswordCredential(
-                "[your AAD username]",
-                "[your AAD password]"
-                );
+            var username = "[your AAD username]"; // This is your AAD username in the form [email protected].
+            var password = "[your AAD password]"; // This is your AAD password.
+            var aadApplicationID = "[your AAD application ID]"; // Created when you register an AAD application: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/active-directory-integrating-applications.
+
+            var adalCredential = new UserPasswordCredential(username, password);
 
             var authenticationContext = new AuthenticationContext("https://login.microsoftonline.com/common");
-            var result = authenticationContext.AcquireTokenAsync(VstsResourceId, ClientId, adalCredential).Result;
+            var result = authenticationContext.AcquireTokenAsync(VstsResourceId, aadApplicationID, adalCredential).Result;
 
             var token = new VssAadToken(result);
             var vstsCredential = new VssAadCredential(token);

NonInteractivePatGenerationSample/README.md

@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@ git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vsts-auth-samples.git
 1. Navigate to the sample in cloned repo `vsts-auth-samples/NonInteractivePatGenerationSample/`
 2. Use [Nuget package restore](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/consume-packages/package-restore) to ensure you have all dependencies installed
 3. Open the solution file `NonInteractivePatGenerationSample.sln` in [Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/)
-4. Open CS file `Program.cs` and look for the ```[value]``` placeholders.
-5. Replace them with the appropriate values.
+4. Open CS file ```Program.cs``` and look at the first few lines in the ```Main``` method. Replace the username and password with the appropriate values. You will need to get the ```aadApplicationID``` value by [registering your app in AAD](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/active-directory-integrating-applications).
 6. Build and run the solution, the generate PAT will be output to the console window.