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title: Enable Azure AD SSO connections with your OVHcloud account
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title: Enabling Azure AD SSO connections with your OVHcloud account
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slug: connect-saml-sso-azure-ad
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excerpt: "Find out how to link your Azure AD to your OVHcloud account using SAML 2.0"
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excerpt: "Find out how to associate your Azure Active Directory to your OVHcloud account using SAML 2.0"
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section: 'Advanced use'
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## Objective
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You can use SSO (*Single Sign-On*) to connect to your OVHcloud account. To enable these connections, your account and your Azure AD have to be configured using Security Assertion Markup Language SAML (*Security Assertion Markup Language*).
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You can use SSO (*Single Sign-On*) to connect to your OVHcloud account. To enable these connections, your account and your Azure AD have to be configured using SAML (*Security Assertion Markup Language*).
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**This guide explains how to link your OVHcloud account to an external Azure AD.**
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**This guide explains how to associate your OVHcloud account with an external Azure AD.**
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## Requirements
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> In order for a service provider (i.e. your OVHcloud account) to perform an SSO connection with an identity provider (i.e. your Azure AD), the essential part is to establish a mutual trust relationship.
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> In order for a service provider (i.e. your OVHcloud account) to establish an SSO connection with an identity provider (i.e. your Azure AD), the essential part is to establish a mutual trust relationship by registering the SSO connection in both services.
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### Azure AD Users and Groups
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![Azure AD Doshboard](images/azure_ad_dashboard.png){.thumbnail}
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Then click on `Users`{.action} from the left hand menu.
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Then click on `Users`{.action} from the left-hand menu.
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![Azure AD Menu User](images/azure_ad_menu_user.png){.thumbnail}
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Create as many users as you need, or you can just check your users clicking on them.
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For this example, the user **John Smith** will bu used.
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For this example, the user **John Smith** will be used.
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![Azure AD User](images/azure_ad_user.png){.thumbnail}
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When an SSO authentication is performed, **John Smith**'s identity will be provided from Azure AD to the OVHcloud account. However, it is necessary that this identity contains at least one group. If no group exists, let's look at how to create one to add **John Smith** to it.
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When an SSO authentication is performed, **John Smith**'s identity will be provided by Azure AD to the OVHcloud account. However, it is necessary that this identity contains at least one group. If no group exists, let's look at how to create one to add **John Smith** to it.
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#### Azure AD Groups
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Then click on `Groups`{.action} from the left hand menu.
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![Azure AD Menu Groups](images/azure_ad_menu_groups.png){.thumbnail}
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Click on `New group`{.action} from the top bar menu, and fill in all the necessary information.
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Click on `New group`{.action} in the top menu, and fill in all the necessary information.
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For this example, the group **manager@ovhcloudsaml** will be used.
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![Azure AD Group step 1](images/azure_ad_group_1.png){.thumbnail}
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Click on the `Create`{.action} button, all information about this group will be displayed.
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Click on the `Create`{.action} button to display all information about this group.
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![Azure AD Group step 2](images/azure_ad_group_2.png){.thumbnail}
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In the selected group interface, click on `Members`{.action} from the left hand menu, then to `Add members`{.action} from the top bar menu.
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![Azure AD Group User Assignment step 1](images/azure_ad_group_user_assignment_1.png){.thumbnail}
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![Azure AD Group User Assignment step 2](images/azure_ad_group_user_assignment_2.png){.thumbnail}
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In order to perform an SSO authentication, an Azure AD application must be created.
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In order to perform SSO authentications, an Azure AD application must be created.
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#### Azure AD create application
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#### Create an Azure AD application
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