Importing Azure AD Users
Describes the instructions to import the Azure AD users
Before importing Azure users, ensure that the following prerequisites are considered:
- Ensure that the user is not present in the nested group. If the user is present in the nested group, then the nested group will not be synced on the appliance.
- Check the user status before importing them to the appliance. If a user with the Disabled status is imported, then that user will not be able to login to the appliance.
- Ensure that an external user is not added to the group. If an external user is added to the group, then that user will not be synced on the appliance.
- Ensure that the special character # (hash) is not used while creating the username. If you are importing users from the Azure AD, then the usernames containing the special character # (hash) will not be able to login to the appliance. The usernames containing the following special characters are supported in the appliance.
- ’ (single quote)
- . (period)
- ^ (caret)
- ! (exclamation)
- ~ (tilde)
- - (minus)
- _ (underscore)
- Ensure that the Azure AD settings are enabled before importing the users.
You can import users from the Azure AD to the appliance, on the User Management screen.
For more information about configuring the Azure AD settings, refer here.
Perform the following steps to import Azure AD users.
On the Web UI, navigate to Settings > Users > User Management.
Click Import Azure Users.
The Enter your password prompt appears. Enter the password and click Ok.The Import Users screen appears.
Search a user by entering the name in the Username/Filter box.
If required, toggle the Overwrite Existing Users option to ON to overwrite users that are already imported to the appliance.
Click Next.The users matching the search criteria appear on the screen.
Select the required users and click Next.The screen to select the roles appears.
Select the required roles for the selected users and click Next.The screen displaying the imported users appears.
Click Close.The users, with their roles, are imported to the appliance.