Azure Active Directory

Automatically sync all of your Azure Active Directory users into Vendr.

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Written by Chris Morris
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Estimated time: Less than 5 mins

About this article

Automatically provision and de-provision users in Vendr using Azure Active Directory. This article covers installing the integration and syncing user profile files.

How it works

The Azure Active Directory integration syncs your Azure Active Directory users into Vendr in just a few clicks. Connecting Vendr to your Microsoft 365 instance lets you quickly deploy Vendr across your entire organization. Whenever a user is added or leaves your organization, they'll automatically be added or removed from your Vendr organization.

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Common uses of the Azure Active Directory integration

Automatically provide access to Vendr to all of your employees

Provide access to Vendr in a few clicks and keep those users in sync with your Azure Active Directory directory using SCIM.

Sync key employee details

Effortlessly sync key employee details such as Name, Email, Title, and Manager from Azure Active Directory to Vendr with just a few clicks.

Assign approval steps in procurement requests to an employee's manager.

Streamline the approval process by ensuring tasks are routed to the appropriate stakeholders for review.

NOTE

Installing the Azure Active Directory integration does not enable SSO. ​To allow users to sign in using SAML you'll also need to configure SSO. Learn more.

Overview

To give users access to Vendr for seamless account provisioning and de-provisioning using Azure Active Directory, you will:

Requirements

  • Must be a Vendr admin

  • Must be an Microsoft admin

Install the integration

  1. Navigate to Vendr and then select admin and then all integrations

  2. Look for the Microsoft 365 integration under Identity provider and click add

  3. Select Integrate

  4. Sign into your Microsoft 365 account

πŸŽ‰ Congrats! Your integration is now connected.

Sync user profile fields

The Azure Active Directory integration supports syncing the following user profile fields.

  • First Name

  • Last Name

  • Email

  • Manager

  • Job Title

NOTE

Syncing of additional fields (standard or custom) is not currently supported.

Azure Field

Vendr Field

Notes

Display Name

Name

Mail

Email

Job Title

Title

User Manager Id

Manager

Must be manager id or manager email

N/A

Direct Reports

This is populated based on the user's assigned Manager in Azure

Permissions

Vendr only accesses the following data from your Azure Active Directory organization.

πŸ‘οΈ Vendr will be able to view:

  • Data about your users

  • Data about your user details

  • Data about your organization

🫳 Vendr will be able to do:

  • Nothing

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