---
title: 'Azure AD (Entra)'
description: 'Learn how to configure Azure AD as an identity provider for NocoDB.'
tags: ['SSO', 'Azure AD', 'OIDC']
keywords: ['SSO', 'Azure AD', 'OIDC', 'Authentication', 'Identity Provider']
---
:::info
Please reach [**out to sales** ](https://calendly.com/nocodb ) for SSO access.
:::
This article briefs about the steps to configure Azure AD as Identity service provider for NocoDB
### NocoDB, Retrieve `Redirect URL`
1. Go to `Account Settings`
2. Select `Authentication (SSO)`
3. Click on `New Provider` button
4. On the Popup modal, Specify a `Display name` for the provider; note that, this name will be used to display the provider on the login page
5. Retrieve `Redirect URL` ; this information will be required to be configured later with the Identity Provider
### Azure AD, Configure NocoDB as an Application
1. Sign in to your [Azure account ](https://portal.azure.com/#allservices ) and navigate to `Azure Active Directory` under `Azure Services` .
2. Access `Manage Tenants` from the navigation bar, select your directory, and click `Switch` .
3. On your directory's homepage, click `+ Add` > `App Registration` from the navigation bar.
4. On the `Register an application` page,
- Provide your application's name.
- Set `Accounts in this organizational directory only` as the `Supported account types` .
- Choose `Web` as the Application type
- Add the `Redirect URL` under `Redirect URIs` .
- `Register`
5. On your application's homepage,
- Copy the `Application (client) ID`
- Click `Add a certificate or secret` under `Client credentials` section
- On `Certificates & secrets` page, go to `Client secrets` section
- Click `New client secret`
- On `Add a client secret` page,
- Add a description for the secret
- Set expiration as required
- `Add`
- Copy the `Value` of the newly created secret
6. On your application's homepage,
- Go to `Endpoints` tab
- Open `OpenID Connect metadata document` URL & copy `authorization_endpoint` , `token_endpoint` , `userinfo_endpoint` & `jwks_uri` from the JSON response
7. Configuring scopes
- Go to `API permissions` tab
- Click `Add a permission`
- On `Request API permissions` page,
- Select `Microsoft Graph` from `Microsoft APIs`
- Select `Delegated permissions`
- Select `openid` `profile` `email` `offline_access` from `Select permissions` dropdown
- From `Users` dropdown, select `User.Read`
- `Add permissions`
- Click `Grant admin consent for this directory` from the `API permissions` page
### NocoDB, Configure Azure AD as an Identity Provider
On NocoDB, open `Account Settings` > `Authentication` > `OIDC` . On the "Register OIDC Identity Provider" modal, insert the following information:
- Insert `Application (client) ID` retrieved in step (7) above as `Client ID`
- Insert `Value` of the newly created secret retrieved in step (7) above as `Client Secret`
- Insert `authorization_endpoint` retrieved in step (8) above as `Authorization URL`
- Insert `token_endpoint` retrieved in step (8) above as `Token URL`
- Insert `userinfo_endpoint` retrieved in step (8) above as `Userinfo URL`
- Insert `jwks_uri` retrieved in step (8) above as `JWK Set URL`
- Set `Scope` as `openid` `profile` `email` `offline_access`
For Sign-in's, user should be able to now see `Sign in with <SSO>` option.
:::note
Post sign-out, refresh page (for the first time) if you do not see `Sign in with <SSO>` option
:::
For information about Azure AD API Scopes, refer [here ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/v2-permissions-and-consent#offline_access )
