---
title: 'Azure AD (Entra)' 
description: 'Learn how to configure Active Directory as an identity provider for NocoDB.' 
tags: ['SSO', 'Active Directory', 'SAML']
keywords: ['SSO', 'Active Directory', 'SAML', 'Authentication', 'Identity Provider']
---

:::info
For SSO Access - please reach [**out to sales team**](https://calendly.com/nocodb).
:::

This article briefs about the steps to configure Active Directory as Identity service provider for NocoDB

### NocoDB, Retrieve `SAML SSO` Configuration details
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` & `Audience / Entity ID`; these information will be required to be configured later with the Identity Provider

![SAML SSO Configuration](/img/v2/account-settings/SSO-1.png)
![SAML SSO Configuration](/img/v2/account-settings/SAML-2.png)
![SAML SSO Configuration](/img/v2/account-settings/SAML-3.png)


### Azure AD, Configure NocoDB as an Application
1. Sign in to your [Azure account](https://portal.azure.com/#allservices) and navigate to `Microsoft Entra admin center` > `Identity` > `Enterprise applications`
2. Click `+ New application` 
3. On the `Browse Microsoft Entra Gallery` page, select `Create your own application` from the navigation bar.
   a. Provide your application's name.
   b. Choose `Integrate any other application you don't find in the gallery (Non-gallery)` 
   c. `Create`
4. On your application page, navigate to `Manage` > `Single sign-on` > `SAML`
5. Go to the `Basic SAML Configuration` section under `Set up Single Sign-On with SAML` and click `Edit`
   a. Add the `Audience URI` under `Identifier (Entity ID)`.
   b. Add the `Redirect URL` under `Replay URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL)`.
   c. Click `Save`
6. In the `Attributes & Claims` section, click `Edit`
   a. Edit the "Unique User Identifier (Name ID)" claim:
        - Select `Email address` from the `Name identifier format` dropdown
        - Choose `Attribute` as the `Source`
        - In the `Source attribute`, select `user.mail`
        - Click `Save`
[//]: # (   b. (Optional) For custom claims:)
[//]: # (        - Click Add new claim, provide details, and save.)
[//]: # (        - Ensure the claim is visible in the Additional claims section.)
[//]: # (        - Copy the claim name for later use in NocoDB SAML configurations.)
7. Go to the `SAML Certificates` section and copy the `App Federation Metadata URL`
8. on the Application's Overview page, 
    - Click `Users and groups`, 
    - Add the necessary users or groups to the application.


### NocoDB, Configure Azure AD as an Identity Provider
1. Go to `Account Settings` > `Authentication` > `SAML`
2. Insert `Metadata URL` retrieved in step above; alternatively you can configure XML directly as well
3. `Save`

![SAML SSO Configuration](/img/v2/account-settings/SAML-4.png)

For Sign-in's, user should be able to now see `Sign in with <SSO>` option.

![SAML SSO Configuration](/img/v2/account-settings/SSO-SignIn.png)

:::note
Post sign-out, refresh page (for the first time) if you do not see `Sign in with <SSO>` option
:::