Thread.CurrentPrincipal has null details on Azure

Question

We are trying to use Thred.CurrentPrincipal to get the user information. However as soon as we deploy it to Azure the CurrentPrincipal is null.

var td = new TokenData();

var claimsPrincipal = Thread.CurrentPrincipal as ClaimsPrincipal;

if (claimsPrincipal != null)
{
    td.IsAuthenticated = claimsPrincipal.Identity.IsAuthenticated;

    td.Name = claimsPrincipal.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.Name).Value;
    td.Email = claimsPrincipal.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.Upn).Value;
    td.Surname = claimsPrincipal.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.Surname).Value;
    td.Role = claimsPrincipal.FindAll("http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/claims/Group")
        .Select(s=>s.Value);
}

I verified that ADFS is set-up correctly. It would be great if someone could point me to the pain-point of this.

Edit:

The CurrentPrincipal is not NULL but the details are. So we are not getting the user's name, roles and other details.

Edit 2:

This is what is happening on Azure:

Answer 1

You might need to turn on User Profiles in order to get your principal to work.

To turn it on In the portal on your website go to Configuration -> App Settings and add the app setting WEBSITE_LOAD_USER_PROFILE = 1. You site needs to be in Basic or Standard mode for this to work.

Answer 2

The problem is that the Claim Rule wasn't set-up for the ADFS record.

http://www.cloudidentity.com/blog/2014/02/12/use-the-on-premises-organizational-authentication-option-adfs-with-asp-net-in-visual-studio-2013/