I know that Azure Search works against Azure Bolb storage for document search, but does it work similarly against Azure File Storage service? If yes, how it is different from working against Azure Blob? Is there any limitations?
UPDATE May 21, 2018
Azure Files datasource is now supported in private preview. Please follow onboarding instructions here.
Azure Search now has a preview for Azure Files. In order to sign up for the Azure Files indexer private preview, you need to fill out this form.
Once the team has added you to the preview, you will receive an email with instruction on how to consume the capability.
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I'm trying to setup a user lifecycle flow that will allow me to create an Azure Active Directory user (Member, not Guest) when an employee is created in our HRIS tool (HiBob). There is a pre-existing integration which is enabled and allows us to get basic information (name, location, etc.).
In the HRIS system we also store some more unique data that I would like to be added to the users AAD profile (maybe an emergency contact for example) that we can then use to provision other applications (like Slack).
My issue is trying to create these custom property fields. I have read about Azure B2C as well as directory schema, custom security extensions and using MS Graph. None of these seem to be totally relevant to my situation.
FYI we are fully cloud, so Azure AD Connect is also not an option.
To store custom data in Azure AD objects such as users you can leverage Azure AD Directory Extensions in tandem with Azure AD Provisioning trough SCIM.
I am setting up a new company and we are using Azure AD. We are remote-first and cloud-only. We do not and will not have an on-premises Active Directory controller.
How is it recommended to store employee data such as birthday, hire date, and social security number? It is unclear how to extend the schema. When I try to fetch a birth date using the Graph API, I get "Error message: This operation target is not yet supported.". When I extend the schema using "External Identities -> Custom User Attributes", I don't see a way to edit those inside the Azure AD portal.
My administrative interface is a Java application built using the Microsoft Graph API. It works fine for the standard fields (e.g., displayName, givenName, surname, etc.).
I am currently integrated with a PostgreSQL database in Azure using the authentication that works against the Azure AD API. That works fine and I can put employee metadata there, but is is not clear if I should.
We can store the employee data like birthday and hire date in azure AD through couple of ways.
One way is to use azure ad connect (if you have on premise active directory) and the other way is using schema extensions. You need to use Microsoft Graph API to work with azure ad schema extension, there is no direct option to extend the schema from azure portal.
Please follow the steps in this doc to Create schemaExtension
Schema extensions are supported for following resource types.
1.contact
2.device
3.event on a user or Microsoft 365 group calendar
4.post of a Microsoft 365 group
5.group
6.message
7.organization
8.user user resource type
Here is the reference article written by #Toni PohI, About Azure AD schema extension Working with Azure AD schema extensions and Microsoft Graph
Using AAD Connect you can flow an extension attribute from AD to the MV attribute employeeHireDate which will export successfully to AAD.
Make sure your extension attribute uses Generalized-Time syntax. These dates are strings in the format "YYYYMMDDhhmmss.0Z".
Then create an inbound sync rule to populate employeeHireDate
This will flow to AAD. This was completed with AAD Connect Version: 2.1.16.0
I would like to test my scim integration with Azure Active Directory.
I created provisioning in DataBricks, but the list of attributes is missing email.
How do I add it?
Update after the answer was accepted: I was trying to use DataBricks in order to test my SCIM implementation for Azure. The right way is to create an app, edit mappings according to the needs and submit the app to the Azure AD.
Your question is unclear. How are you trying to provision from Azure AD to Databricks? You should be adding the Databricks Enterprise App from the gallery (see documentation for exact steps). The gallery app has the mappings preconfigured in a way tailored to Databricks - specifically, it's set to not attempt updates on userName or email attributes as both are immutable in the Databricks system.
I'm working with a third party application and I need to get a copy of the user directory from a clients Azure AD. I've searched the docs/google and had trouble finding a simple automated solution for syncing the user database.
Is there any way I can user LDAP to import a copy of the users to a third party solution, similarly to how it is done with on-premise AD?
"I need to get a copy of the user directory from a client's Azure AD" - if you want to import users from Azure, unfortunately user writeback is not currently supported. You can upvote the feature request below. The feature was removed back in 2015.
https://feedback.azure.com/forums/169401-azure-active-directory/suggestions/16887037-enable-user-writeback-to-on-premise-ad-from-azure
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-preview
We are using a third-party IT provider that handles our network administration and domain accounts, but as part of moving to a different office and setting up new infrastructure, we are considering dropping that and using Azure Active Directory only.
Researching the topic online seems to indicate that Azure AD is not a complete replacement for on-premises Active Directory, as things like local resource access and group policies outside of Azure would be missing. However, we are moving towards using Azure for most things (file storage, etc), so that should be fine if we still have that functionality there.
Before finalizing the decision to go in that direction, we just need to be certain of a few things:
1) Is there a way to create a new account in Azure AD so that it can be used to login from any machine in the office, without having to create it locally first and then connect the two?
2) Is there a way to sync user data, such as user/desktop files, across any devices the account is used to log into?
3) Is it possible to have an office printer configured in Azure so that it can be used with an Azure AD login, completely independent on any on-premises setup (i.e, not Hybrid Cloud Print, which seems to require an on-premises network/AD to be joined with Azure AD)?
The goal is to be able to log in and work from any internet-connected device, whether in the office or at home, without needing to use a VPN and/or remote desktop, and forego on-premises AD administration.
This is possible as long as the device is joined to Azure AD. Once the device is joined to Azure AD, then newly created cloud-only users can also login to the devices.
Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/devices/concept-azure-ad-join
Enterprise state roaming should help in this aspect. It might not cover everything you are looking for but the important app-specific data and user settings are synced.
Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/devices/enterprise-state-roaming-overview
There is no direct solution from Microsoft for pure cloud scenarios. There are few 3rd party services offered for this.
Ref: https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/azure/printix.64182edf-4951-40d5-91c8-733e1c896b70
Hope this helps.