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Login to Azure Active Directory with your admin credentials.
Click
Azure Active Directory
to be redirected to your tenant’s overview page.Copy and save the Primary domain for the tenant you want to sync for use in a later step.
Login to Zilla with your admin credentials.
You will see your Zilla Applications tab, click
Add Application
button at the top right.You will see Add Application screen with Search Library tab. Type aad as search text, and click
Add to Applications
button on the right side of the Azure Active Directory entry.Fill in the form with appropriate details and click
Add to Applications
button.The AAD instance will be added to your Applications, click the Azure Active Directory application name.
You will see a detailed application instance page. Click
Sync now
in the top right corner.A dialogue appears, enable API Integration.
Upon enabling the API Integration more customisation options appear.
AAD tenant's domain name
- Fill in the domain name saved above.Sync All Groups? ( Yes/No )
-Yes
will sync all groups from Azure Active Directory,No
will only sync security-enabled groups. Default value:No
.Comma-separated attributes that identify a user
- Provide an AAD-specific attribute (e.g.,employeeId
,jobTitle
,department
, etc) for which you want to sync AAD users. For example, if you specify department, only accounts that have a defined department will be imported. If multiple attributes are specified, all accounts having at least one of the attributes defined will be imported. Be sure to refer to this document before entering the attribute, otherwise all the accounts will be marked asService
if the attribute does not match with what is specified in the document.Auto Discover Azure Cloud subscriptions? (Yes/No)
-Yes
will auto-discover all the Azure Cloud subscriptions and create application instances for them in Zilla. Default value:No
.Auto Sync discovered subscriptions? (Yes/No )
-Yes
will automatically sync the auto-discovered subscriptions when the parent is synced. This value should be set toNo
ifAuto Discover Azure Cloud subscriptions? (Yes/No)
is set toNo
. Default value:No
.Enable account modifications? (Yes/No)
-Yes
will automatically revoke group memberships, group ownerships and permissions that have been flagged for revocation after an access review during a sync. Note: This setting is only available if Account Modifications are enabled in the tenant Settings.Sync last login? (Yes/No)
-Yes
will bringlastLogin
for a user. DefaultNo
.
Note:To complete configuration of this setting you must reauthenticate after setting
Yes
, check “Reauthenticate API integration” box if this is not the first sync.Also, user who is authorizing the sync should have one of the following roles:
Global Administrator
Global Reader
Security Administrator
Security Reader
Conditional Access Administrator
The last login data that is synced matches what is displayed on the User’s Overview page.
Comma separated custom select fields (e.g., country, id)
- This configuration allows you to retrieve additional fields from Azure Active Directory (AAD) by specifying a comma-separated list of field names. For example, you can input "city, officeLocation" to retrieve the city and office location field. For more info refer this https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/query-parameters?tabs=http#select-parameter.Note:
To complete configuration of this setting you must reauthenticate after settingYes
, check “Reauthenticate API integration” box if this is not the first sync.
Also, user who is authorizing the sync should have one of the following roles:
Global Administrator
Global Reader
Security Administrator
Security Reader
Conditional Access Administrator
The last login data that is synced matches what is displayed on the User’s Overview page.
Click
Sync Now
.Click
Next
.You will be taken to the
Microsoft
site where you need to log in with a user with the Admin (Global administrator
) role for AAD and grant consent on behalf of the organization.The consent screen will look like the image below when
Auto Discover Azure Cloud subscriptions? (Yes/No)
is set toYes
.The consent screen will look like the image below when
Auto Discover Azure Cloud subscriptions? (Yes/No)
is set toNo
.The consent screen will look like the image below when
Enable account modifications? (Yes/No)(Yes/No)
is set toYes
. Highlighted permissions are the new ones for consent if you have previously synced AAD withEnable account modifications? (Yes/No)
set asNo
.Click
Accept
. On successful OAuth, you will be redirected to Zilla withSync in progress...
message for newly added AAD application instance.On successful sync, you will see the following notification:
Note: In some cases, the process of configuring and using the Azure Active Directory API through Zilla to sync permissions and users with your organization's AAD may be done by an Azure user with Global Reader permissions. When an Azure Global Reader makes the initial sync request the request will need to be approved within the Azure portal by a Global Administrator as shown in the steps below:
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