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Investigate and fix Device code credential flow

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Since Mar 14, 2024.

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Description

enhancement

Current Behavior
Working with device code credetial flow throws an error at getting the token.
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Working device code credential flow, the script takes over 20 minutes and fails with token has expired error, or fails at there is no token to replace in the URLReplaceHandler

Solution
Working with device code flow, enable delegated authentication and be able to run .me paths and get responses

alternatives considered
Delegated permission works with InteractiveBrowser flow.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/tutorials/python?tabs=aad&tutorial-step=3
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my_profile_and_messages

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Python
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