Adding a new user with Azure AD

KBP015 - Adding a new user with Azure AD

To be able to use Azure AD user profiles within Papercloud, contact support@watermarktech.co.uk to initiate the Azure AD integration.

With this integration, you will be able to create accounts using the users' Azure "User Principle Name", enabling the use of Microsoft SSO (Single-Sign-On) and centralising account and user management for your organisation across multiple platforms.

1. Integration set-up

After contacting Watermark support about enabling the AzureAD integration, log into Papercloud and open the 'System Settings' menu.

The tab 'Azure AD Authentication' has now appeared.

In this tab, enable 'Azure AD Authentication' and input the 'Azure Tenant Id' to associate your Azure domain with the Papercloud site.

2. User account creation

From now on, the user account editing page will feature a 'User Principle Name (Azure AD)' as the first field.

Here, input the Azure AD details for the user into the 'User Principle Name' field and in the 'Email Address' field. The user will receive the invite email and now has an account that can sign in using Microsoft SSO.

3. Setting up a non-Azure AD user on an AD activated site

To set up a user who is not in your Azure AD, you can still register that user with standard Papercloud login. To do this, set up the user using the 'Email Address' field and tick the 'Dual Credentials (SSO & Papercloud)' option. This will create the account using the default credentials, not Azure AD.

4. User onboarding

The user will receive the standard Papercloud email invite once the account has been created. If created with an Azure AD account, the user will follow the "Click here and log in using the 'Log in with Microsoft Account'" hyperlink.