How to add Microsoft Entra ID as an application

This guide will show you how to prepare and how to add Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) as an application for use with integrations from ConnectMyApps.

To do this we will need to generate the following pieces of information:

• Client Id

• Tenant Id

• Secret

Preparations in Azure Portal

1) Creating "Client Id" and "Tenant Id"

• Log in to your Microsoft Azure portal using an Administrator login. From “services” select “Microsoft Entra ID”.

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• If you have multiple Entra ID tenants you must click “Switch tenant” to switch to the tenant you wish to integrate.

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• Under “App Registrations” click “New Registration”.

• Enter a name for the app registration e.g. “ConnectMyApps”. Select “single tenant” as the account type. Leave the “redirect uri” blank and click the “Register” button.
  
  

• Once registration is complete, go to the “Overview” page for the registration and copy the client ID and tenant ID.
  
  

2) Granting permissions

• Next, while still on the “Overview” page, click the “View API permissions” button.
  
  

• In the next screen click “Add Permission” and choose “Application permissions”.
  
  

• Search for “User” permissions and tick the “User.ReadWrite.All” permission.

• Also search for “Group” permissions and tick the “Group.ReadWriteAll” permission.

• Once permissions have been ticked, click the “Add Permissions” button.

• Once back on the “Permissions” screen click “Grant admin permission” and check that the “Status” column shows the green “Granted” symbol.
  
  

3) Creating "Secret"

• Next, from the side menu click “Certificates and secrets” and then click the “New client secret” button.
  
  

• Give the secret a name e.g. “ConnectMyApps” and set the expiry to “Never”.
  
  

• Next, copy the client secret that is displayed.
  
  Important! The secret will only be displayed once, be sure to copy it before navigating away from the screen.
  
  

Adding the application in Canvas

With the above steps completed, you should have all the necessary information needed to add Azure Active Directory as an application.

• Log into ConnectMyApps Canvas.

• Click Applications from the menu on the top and click “New Application”. From the list select “Entra ID”.

• In the authentication screen enter the values copied for “Client Id”, “Tenant Id” and “Secret”

• Click “Authenticate” and wait for on-screen confirmation of a successful connection. Give your new application an appropriate name.

Done! You have now added Entra ID as an application, and you can create workflows to integrate with other applications.