Azure AD

How to create an Azure AD Connector app to connect to Azure Active Directory (Microsoft Entra ID).

Registering an Azure App

• Login to Azure Portal

• If there are multiple tenants to choose from, use the Settings icon in the top menu to switch to the tenant in which needs to be registered to the application from the Directories + subscriptions menu

• Browse to App Registration and select New registration

• On the App Registration page enter the below information and click the Register button.

  • Name: (Enter a meaningful application name that will be displayed to users of the app)

  • Supported account types:

    • Select which accounts that the application will support. The options should be similar to the below screenshot.

    • “Accounts in this organizational directory only” can be selected:

      
    • Leave the Redirect URI as empty and Click Register

      
• Note the Application (client) ID, Directory (tenant) ID values

• Navigate to Manage -> Certificates and secrets on the left menu, to create a new client secret

• Provide a meaningful description and expiry to the secret, and click on Add

• Once a client secret is created, note its Value and store it somewhere safe. NOTE: this value cannot be viewed once this page is closed.

• Navigate to Manage -> API permissions on the left menu, and Add a permission

• Select Microsoft APIs -> Microsoft Graph

• Select Application permissions

• Permissions required

  • Scanning only:

    • Microsoft Graph > Application permissions > AuditLog > AuditLog.Read.All

    • Microsoft Graph > Application permissions > Directory > Directory.Read.All

• Once all the required permissions are added, click Grant admin consent

Configuring Azure AD connector in Dashboard

• Navigate to Administration -> Data Sources -> Azure AD -> New scan

• Provide the Directory (tenant) ID, Application (client) ID and Client Secret value generated in the above steps from the Azure application

• Save the configuration

• Once the configuration is saved, click on the icon on the right and select Start trustee scan to begin scanning

• The scan results can be viewed under Dashboard -> Access Governance