Microsoft Entra ID

microsoft entra id (formerly azure active directory) can be used as an identity provider for both grafana and factry historian this allows you to centralize authentication and make use of existing user management, groups, and security policies central management of users and access in azure ad extra security with features like multi factor authentication (mfa) users only need one set of credentials for multiple applications (e g grafana, historian, etc ) requirements setting up microsoft entra id the setup process consists of two parts registering an app in entra id docid\ y7nflubtgvhbfahpgvcbe a single application registration is created in entra id this defines how grafana and factry historian will connect to your directory configure authentication in each product after registering the app, follow the product specific instructions to connect it to entra id setting up entra id authentication in grafana docid\ hrybcuqsezvwumwdjoew1 setting up entra id authentication in factry historian docid 8fvf2zgangaf70qy5yyec by completing these steps, both grafana and factry historian can share the same identity provider, reducing administrative overhead and improving security