For a long time, Azure AD has been criticized for having a too liberal approach to user consents by default, with users being able to delegate things like “Mail.ReadWrite” allowing apps to send and receive emails, as well as reading any existing emails, and “User.ReadBasic.All” allowing your users to consent to third party applications reading ALL of your users basic profiles. Combine this with the “offline_access” scope, where the 3rd party apps can essentially retain access after the user has logged out of the app, this soon becomes a bit of a nightmare.
Continue reading “A look behind the Azure AD “Permission classifications” preview”Importing users to Azure AD B2C rapidly using the batch endpoint
Just migrated in total 4 million accounts to Azure AD B2C, and that required a few tricks in order to manage in time. The batch endpoint helped out nicely, and here is a quick a easy module you can use.
Continue reading “Importing users to Azure AD B2C rapidly using the batch endpoint”Using Azure AD Privileged Identity Management with Active Directory roles (such as domain admin)
I just put my Azure AD Group Writeback Script on Github, and figured it was time to do something I know many have requested from Microsoft to deliver, but that is still missing; Using Azure AD Privileged Identity Management to control access to Active Directory built-in groups such as Domain Admin, Schema Admin and Enterprise Admin.
Continue reading “Using Azure AD Privileged Identity Management with Active Directory roles (such as domain admin)”Easiest ways to get an access token to the Microsoft Graph
I very often work with PowerShell, needing to access the Microsoft Graph, and require an access token. Here are my favorite ways to get an access token without needing to create app registrations in Azure AD.
Continue reading “Easiest ways to get an access token to the Microsoft Graph”Azure AD – Consenting to an application with script (using Graph)
Some times I need to consent to an application using a script, rather than having an administrator consenting to an application in the Azure Portal. This is perfectly possible, but the documentation does not really scream “here is how to do it” and “I am tagged with the correct meta data so you can actually find me”.
Continue reading “Azure AD – Consenting to an application with script (using Graph)”Managing Azure AD Roles using Entitlement Management
The new option in Azure AD, allowing Azure AD Roles to be assigned to groups is very useful, and can be managed using Entitlement Management, for more extensive governance. No magic required.
Continue reading “Managing Azure AD Roles using Entitlement Management”Working with the Azure REST API using LogicApps
The Azure REST API can be used to create most (or all?) types of resources in Azure, and can be useful when Terraform or ARM is too complex for your scenario or other reasons. I have now had the need to create KeyVaults from LogicApps, as a part of storing customer break glass account information. This is how I did it.
Continue reading “Working with the Azure REST API using LogicApps”Managing Azure AD Connected Organizations through Graph
Summer is soon finished, and my blogging will restart. This time, I am checking out the newly documented endpoint for managing connected organizations, used by Azure AD Entitlement Management for having different workflows depending on the relationship to the external organization. This could be:
- Having an external or internal sponsor approve requests, such as an account manager being able to approve access to their customers
- Having an external sponsor reviewing who of their users should still have access to your systems, through the access review feature
- Having certain access packages only being visible to your connected organizations
Authenticating to Azure AD as an application using certificate based client credential grant
The documentation on how to authenticate to Azure AD using a client credentials grant and certificate is decent, but it leaves a few open questions, I have experienced. Here is a quick guide on how to actually do this, properly detailed, with a simple Azure Function as an example using KeyVault.
Continue reading “Authenticating to Azure AD as an application using certificate based client credential grant”Testing out the new API Connectors feature of Azure AD External Identities
External Identities just got a hell of a lot closer to B2C, with the API Connectors feature, allowing external API calls to happen before user creation and after signing in with an identity provider. As in my last post about the new External Identities feature, this post will be me exploring the new feature, simply blogging about my experience with it, and which awesome and not so awesome stuff I find.
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