Integrate with Microsoft Azure
In this topic, you will learn how to integrate Portnox™ Cloud with Microsoft Azure Active Directory services.
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In the Cloud portal top menu, click on the Settings option.
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In the Cloud portal left-hand menu, click on the AUTHENTICATION REPOSITORIES tile.
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In the right-hand side pane, find and click on the AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY INTEGRATION SERVICE
heading.
More options appear under the AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY INTEGRATION SERVICE heading and description.
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Enable Microsoft Azure integration.
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In the Azure Directory Applications provisioning mode step, you selected the
Automatic option.
Important: In this topic, you will integrate Portnox Cloud with Azure Active Directory using the automatic provisioning option. If you prefer to use the Manual option to have granular control over application privileges in your Azure environment, go to the following topic: Integrate with Azure Active Directory using manual provisioning.
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Grant Portnox Cloud permissions to deploy enterprise applications in your Azure Active Directory.
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Grant Portnox Cloud permissions to read directory data.
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Grant Portnox Cloud permissions to validate user credentials.
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Select the domains managed by Azure Active Directory that you want to associate with your Portnox Cloud
organization.
- If your Active Directory manages many domains you can use the search domains field to search for a string that matches a domain name. The list of domains below the search field will be updated as you type.
- Click on the select all or unselect all link to select or deselect all domains in the list.
- Click checkboxes next to domains to select or deselect them individually.
- After you select the domains, click on the Save Domains button to save your selection.
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Under the AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY INTEGRATION SERVICE section, click on the Force
sync link.
Portnox Cloud will start synchronizing immediately in the background with your Azure Active Directory. If you do not click Force sync, the synchronization process will be started automatically later.
Note: If your Azure directory is very large, this process can take up to approximately an hour. - Optional: If you want to edit the options of your Azure Active Directory integration or configure additional options, read the following topic: Edit your Azure Active Directory integration.
Result: Your Azure Active Directory integration is now active. You can authenticate devices on your network using Azure Active Directory.