Configuring Azure AD user

Azure Active Directory is a Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) application: it provides many services based on the Active Directory. To access SSO through Azure AD, you need to create a tenant user.

1. Login on Azure through https://portal.azure.com/
2. Create a tenant.
   1. Click Azure Active Directory.

      

   2. Click Manage tenants > Create.

      

   3. Select Azure Active Directory and click Next: Configuration.

      

   4. In the Configuration tab, fill in the fields for the tenant:

      

   5. Select Next: Review + Create. Click Create if the information is correct.
      The new tenant is created on Azure AD.
3. Click Add a User > New User to create a user for the administrator directory.
   1. Select Create user and fill in the fields. Store the data: you will need it at a later step.

      

   2. Set the Global administrator role to the new user.

      

      The new user is created on Azure AD.
   3. Log out from the current user account on Azure. Log in again with the newly created tenant user.