How to configure Entra ID for Syncing with Identity Access

How to configure Entra ID for Syncing with Identity Access

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This article shows how to set up an Entra ID application to allow Identity Access to Sync users data from Entra ID

Entra Configuration

1. Login to Entra admin center - https://entra.microsoft.com/

2. Select App registrations on the left-hand side, and create an application (for this organisational directory only):



3. Click API Permission on the left.
  

4. In the app, under the API permissions, add 'Directory Read All' and 'AuditLog.Read.All' from Microsoft Graph (User Read should be there already). Select 'Add Permission' to these permissions.



5. Select the ‘Grant admin consent’ button.



6. Click Certificates and Secrets on the left.


7. Create a secret (in the example below, the validity period is 2 years - the secret will have to be renewed after that time).



8. Record the secret value -



9. Record the Application (Client ID) and Directory (Tenant) ID