Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) Integration
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory or Azure AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management service designed to help employees seamlessly sign in and access resources.
With the Microsoft Entra ID integration, your directory can be synchronized into inspace—be it for ten employees or ten thousand—with just a few simple clicks. Any changes in Entra ID can be automatically mirrored in inspace.
In this technical guide, you’ll find information on how to set up Microsoft Entra ID integration and unlock the potential of a cohesive, secure, and efficient hybrid workspace environment.
With the Microsoft Entra ID integration, your directory can be synchronized into inspace—be it for ten employees or ten thousand—with just a few simple clicks. Any changes in Entra ID can be automatically mirrored in inspace.
In this technical guide, you’ll find information on how to set up Microsoft Entra ID integration and unlock the potential of a cohesive, secure, and efficient hybrid workspace environment.
Setting Up inspace
- Log in to inspace with your admin credentials.
- In the left navigational panel, select Settings. Then select Integrations in the upper part of the screen.
Picture 1. Integrations in inspace
3. Scroll down the screen to find Microsoft Entra ID in the list, and then select Connect.
Picture 2. Connecting Microsoft Entra ID (Step #1)
4. In the opened window, select Connect under the Microsoft Entra ID logo.
Picture 3. Connecting Microsoft Entra ID (Step#2)
5. SCIM API URL and Secret Token fields will be automatically filled.
Picture 4. Filled-in fields
6. Leave this page open and follow the next steps of this instruction.
Setting Up Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
- Open portal.azure.com in a new tab and log in with your admin credentials.
Note: you need to be an admin of the organization in Azure to set up the following integration with inspace.
2. Select Azure Active Directory from the ribbon.
Picture 5. Azure Active Directory in the ribbon
3. In the left navigational panel, select Enterprise Applications.
Picture 6. Enterprise applications in Microsoft Azure
4. Select +New application.
Picture 7. Adding a new application in Microsoft Azure
5. On the opened page, select +Create your own application.
Picture 8. Creating your own application in Microsoft Azure
6. The right side panel will open. Enter inspace.app Provisioning in the Name of your app field. Please also ensure that the “Integrate any other application you don’t find in the gallery (Non-gallery)” option is selected. Then click Create.
Picture 9. Creating inspace app Provisioning in Microsoft Azure
Note: you can enter any other Name of your app.
7. After the app is created, the inspace.app Provisioning page will open. On this page, select Provisioning from the left navigational panel.
7. After the app is created, the inspace.app Provisioning page will open. On this page, select Provisioning from the left navigational panel.
Picture 10. inspace app Provisioning page
8. Select Get started.
Picture 11. Getting started with inspace app Provisioning
9. Select Automatic from the Provisioning Mode dropdown list. Then get back to the inspace page you left open. Copy SCIM API URL and insert it in the Tenant URL field. After that, copy and insert the Secret Token. Finally, select Test Connection.
Picture 12. Entering credentials and testing connection
The green checkmark to the left of “Testing connection to inspace.app Provisioning” will confirm the successful connection. After it appears, click Save under Provisioning (see Picture 13).
Picture 13. Saving the connection
10. Select inspace.app Provisioning | Overview from the navigational path in the upper part of the screen (see Picture 13). The inspace.app Provisioning| Overview page with control elements will open (see Picture 14).
Picture 14. inspace.app Provisioning | Overview with control elements
Now, you need to assign users to inspace.app Provisioning. Select inspace.app Provisioning | Provisioning from the navigational path in the upper part of the screen (see Picture 14).
11. In the left navigational panel, select Users and Groups.
11. In the left navigational panel, select Users and Groups.
Picture 15. Users and Groups
12. Select +Add User/Group.
Picture 15. Adding user/groups
13. In the left panel, select Users. Then place checkmarks next to the names of users you want to add and click Select (see Picture 16).
Picture 16. Selecting users
Note: depending on your plan in Azure, you may be granted access to working with groups of users.
14. Select Assign.
14. Select Assign.
Picture 17. Assigning users
Users will be assigned to the app and appear in the list.
Picture 18. List of assigned users
15. In the left navigational panel, select Provisioning (see Picture 18).
Picture 19. inspace.app Provisioning | Overview
Please skip the following section and proceed to Step 16 if you don’t need Manual check (Provision on demand).
Manual check (Provision on demand)
You can optionally do a check by selecting Provision on demand (see Picture 20).
Picture 19. inspace.app Provisioning | Overview
Provision on demand allows for choosing and synchronizing a user in a manual mode. For checking, enter a user name in the Selected user field, and then select Provision.
Picture 21. Checking the user
The log of the whole operation will be displayed.
Picture 21. Checking the user
16. On the inspace.app Provisioning | Overview screen, select Start Provisioning.
Picture 23. Start provisioning
17. After you select Start Provisioning, the Current Synchronization Cycle starts.
18. The message “Initial cycle completed” confirms that Provisioning is completed (see Picture 24).
18. The message “Initial cycle completed” confirms that Provisioning is completed (see Picture 24).
Picture 24. Successful provisioning
Finally, select Edit Provisioning from the ribbon in the upper part of the screen (see Picture 24). Ensure that the Provisioning Status toggle is on (see Picture 25).
Picture 24. Successful provisioning
Support and Troubleshooting
The support team is available to help users with any questions or issues they may have, from troubleshooting technical problems to offering guidance on how to use inspace’s features. In order to get the most effective and efficient support, it is recommended that users provide as much information as possible about the issue they are experiencing, including any error messages or other details. Contact support in the inspace app, or send an email to support@inspace.app.
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