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Microsoft Entra ID Auditing Configuration

The Access Analyzer for Entra ID Solution provides the ability to audit Microsoft Entra ID, formerly Azure Active Directory. It scans:

  • Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)

NOTE: A user account with the Global Administrator role is required to register an app with Microsoft Entra ID.

Data Collector

Configuration Settings from the Registered Application

The following settings are needed from your tenant once you have registered the application:

  • Client ID – This is the Application (client) ID for the registered application

  • Key – This is the Client Secret Value generated when a new secret is created

    CAUTION: It is not possible to retrieve the value after saving the new key. It must be copied first.

NOTE: In order to add custom attributes, you will also need to know the Tenant name of the Entra ID environment.

Permissions​

The following permissions are required:

Register a Microsoft Entra ID Application​

Follow the steps to register Access Analyzer with Microsoft Entra ID.

NOTE: The steps below are for registering an app through the Microsoft Entra admin center. These steps may vary slightly if you use a different Microsoft portal. See the relevant Microsoft documentation for additional information.

Step 1 – Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center.

Step 2 – On the left navigation menu, navigate to Identity > Applications and click App registrations.

Step 3 – In the top toolbar, click New registration.

Step 4 – Enter the following information in the Register an application page:

  • Name – Enter a user-facing display name for the application, for example Netwrix Access Analyzer (formerly Enterprise Auditor) Entra ID
  • Supported account types – Select Accounts in this organizational directory only

Step 5 – Click Register.

The Overview page for the newly registered app opens. Review the newly created registered application. Now that the application has been registered, permissions need to be granted to it.

Grant Permissions to the Registered Application​

Follow the steps to grant permissions to the registered application.

NOTE: The steps below are for registering an app through the Microsoft Entra admin center. These steps may vary slightly if you use a different Microsoft portal. See the relevant Microsoft documentation for additional information.

Step 1 – Select the newly-created, registered application. If you left the Overview page, it will be listed in the Identity > Applications > App registrations > All applications list.

Step 2 – On the registered app blade, click API permissions in the Manage section.

Step 3 – In the top toolbar, click Add a permission.

Step 4 – On the Request API permissions blade, select Microsoft Graph on the Microsoft APIs tab. Select the following permissions:

  • Under Application Permissions, select:

    • AuditLog.Read.All – Read all audit log data
    • Directory.Read.All – Read directory data

  • Under Delegated Permissions, select:

    • Group.Read.All – Read all groups
    • User.Read.All – Read all users' full profiles

Step 5 – At the bottom of the page, click Add Permissions.

Step 6 – Click Grant Admin Consent for [tenant]. Then click Yes in the confirmation window.

Now that the permissions have been granted to it, the Connection Profile and host settings for Access Analyzer need to be collected.

NOTE: Additional permissions need to be configured to collect Microsoft Entra roles information. See the Microsoft Entra Roles Auditing Configuration topic for additional information.

Identify the Client ID​

Follow the steps to find the registered application's Client ID.

NOTE: The steps below are for registering an app through the Microsoft Entra admin center. These steps may vary slightly if you use a different Microsoft portal. See the relevant Microsoft documentation for additional information.

Step 1 – Select the newly-created, registered application. If you left the Overview page, it will be listed in the Identity > Applications > App registrations > All applications list.

Step 2 – Copy the Application (client) ID value.

Step 3 – Save this value in a text file.

This Application (client) ID value is needed for the Access Analyzer Connection Profile and the Custom Attributes page of the AzureADInventory Data Collector. See the Azure Active Directory for User Credentials topic and the AzureADInventory: Custom Attributes topic for additional information. Next generate the application’s Client Secret Key.

Generate the Client Secret Key​

Follow the steps to find the registered application's Client Secret, create a new key, and save its value when saving the new key.

NOTE: The steps below are for registering an app through the Microsoft Entra admin center. These steps may vary slightly if you use a different Microsoft portal. See the relevant Microsoft documentation for additional information.

CAUTION: It is not possible to retrieve the value after saving the new key. It must be copied first.

Step 1 – Select the newly-created, registered application. If you left the Overview page, it will be listed in the Identity > Applications > App registrations > All applications list.

Step 2 – On the registered app blade, click Certificates & secrets in the Manage section.

Step 3 – In the top toolbar, click New client secret.

Step 4 – On the Add a client secret blade, complete the following:

  • Description – Enter a unique description for this secret

  • Expires – Select the duration.

    NOTE: Setting the duration on the key to expire requires reconfiguration at the time of expiration. It is best to configure it to expire in 1 or 2 years.

Step 5 – Click Add to generate the key.

CAUTION: If this page is left before the key is copied, then the key is not retrievable, and this process will have to be repeated.

Step 6 – The Client Secret will be displayed in the Value column of the table. You can use the Copy to clipboard button to copy the Client Secret.

Step 7 – Save this value in a text file.

This Client Secret value is needed for the Access Analyzer Connection Profile and the Custom Attributes page of the AzureADInventory Data Collector. See the Azure Active Directory for User Credentials topic and the AzureADInventory: Custom Attributes topic for additional information.

Identify the Tenant Name​

Follow the steps to find the Tenant Name where the registered application resides.

NOTE: The steps below are for registering an app through the Microsoft Entra admin center. These steps may vary slightly if you use a different Microsoft portal. See the relevant Microsoft documentation for additional information.

Step 1 – Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center.

Step 2 – On the left navigation menu, navigate to Identity > Settings and click Domain names to open the Custom domain names list.

Step 3 – Copy the domain name from the list of domains.

Step 4 – Save this value in a text file.

This is needed for the Host List and the Custom Attributes page of the AzureADInventory Data Collector. See the Microsoft Entra ID Connection Profile & Host List and AzureADInventory: Custom Attributes topics for additional information.