Azure AD integration

Owned by Pradeep Raju
Last updated: May 18, 2023 by Malathi Latha
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An Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) service principal is the local representation of an application object in a tenant or directory. It's the identity of the application instance.

There are three ways of integrating Azure AD

  1. Azure AD Legacy

  2. Azure AD Non CSP

  3. Azure AD CSP

Differences

How are these three different?

  • Azure AD Legacy

    • CyberCNS creates an application in MS Azure Portal; If you have already integrated using this option then that means you have opted by Azure AD Legacy.

  • Azure AD (new) Non CSP

    • Directly acquires Azure AD licences from Microsoft and application is not registered yet in MS Azure portal

  • Azure AD (new) CSP

    • Licenses Azure AD through a CSP partner and application is not yet registered in MS Azure Portal

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Azure AD Legacy (CSP or Non-CSP)

Azure AD (New) CSP or Non-CSP

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Azure AD Legacy (CSP or Non-CSP)

Azure AD (New) CSP or Non-CSP

Application in MS Azure Portal

CyberCNS auto creates an application in the MS Azure Portal and Partner consents

Partner creates the application in MS Azure Portal by themselves (instructions provided in the documentation here)

Permissions required for the CyberCNS application in MS Azure Portal

Maximum permissions of Read-Write

A minimum set of permissions (Read in most cases, Write only when absolutely required)

Validity of Token

90 days, one will have to renew the token after 90 days for AD sync to continue

Validity is set by the partner themselves and has to be renewed after the validity expires, for AD sync to continue

Azure AD Legacy

If you already have an Azure AD integration then you could continue with this. Detailed steps given at

Azure AD Legacy and Office 365 Integration

Azure AD (new) Non-CSP Account

If you have not integrated Azure AD yet, then please follow the instructions in Azure Active Directory Non-CSP Integration to integrate Azure AD CSP Account.

Azure AD (new) CSP Account

If you have not integrated Azure AD yet, then please follow the instructions in Azure Active Directory CSP(GDAP) Integration to integrate Azure AD CSP Account.

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