How to use Azure AD authentication in DBeaver

Alternative title: How to fix the "Failed to load MSAL4J Java library for performing ActiveDirectoryPassword authentication" error.

I'm using the free Community Edition of DBeaver, version 23.3.5.

In the "Connection Settings" pop-up window:

1. Select e.g. "Active Directory – MFA" as the authentication method and type your username

   

2. Click Driver Settings

3. Choose the "Libraries" tab

   

4. Click Add Artifact from the right

5. Paste the following XML

   <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.microsoft.azure/msal4j -->
   <dependency>
     <groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
     <artifactId>msal4j</artifactId>
     <version>1.14.3</version>
   </dependency>
   

   

   • Note: the latest version number can be found from the URL in the XML comment, though the exact version you use might not matter that much
   • I found this step from this GitHub comment

6. Click OK

7. Click Download/Update from the right and Download in the opening pop-up window

8. Click OK

9. Click Test Connection ... and authenticate in the opening browser window