Integrate with Azure Active Directory
Learn how to use Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) as the identity provider (IdP) and EAA as the service provider (SP) to access an EAA application. This allows any application in EAA to use Azure AD as the single sign-on mechanism.
PREREQUISITE
Set up an Azure AD premium account.
You can use Azure AD as the identity provider and EAA as the service provider for accessing an application in EAA by following these steps:
STEP 1: Create an Azure identity provider in EAA.
STEP 2: Create an Akamai Enterprise Application Access gallery application in Azure AD environment.
STEP 3: Configure the authentication settings for the Azure IdP in EAA.
STEP 4: Assign the Azure IdP to an application in EAA.
STEP 5: Verify Azure AD integration with EAA.

STEP 1: Create an Azure identity provider in EAA
Example
Here a new identity provider tile is created with the name AzureAD with no applications or directories associated with it. The IDP type is Microsoft Azure AD.

STEP 2: Create an Akamai Enterprise Application Access app in Azure Active Directory
- Get your Azure AD premium trail for a month.
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Create a new Akamai Enterprise Application Access app in Azure AD premium
domain.
STEP 3: Configure authentication settings for the Azure identity provider in EAA
STEP 4: Assign the Azure identity provider to an application.
- Log in to Control Center (https://control.akamai.com/).
- Go to .
- From the top menu bar, click Applications.
- Locate the application card you want to assign an IdP to.
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Click
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- For a new application, click Assign Identity Provider.
- For an existing application, click Change Identity Provider.
- Select the Azure IdP (IdP type: Microsoft Azure AD) and assign it to the application. For this example, it is AzureAD identity provider you created in STEP 3.
- To Set up services for an application, click Save and go to Services. If you are finished configuring your application, click Save and exit.
- For the changes to go into effect, deploy the application.
What you should see

This will allow Azure as the user facing authentication mechanism for any application associated with this identity provider.
STEP 5: Verification of Azure AD integration with EAA
Verify the set up by logging into the Office 365 portal or by using the EAA User login portal.
Verification using Office 365 portal.
Log into the Azure Active Directory portal. You are redirected to the Microsoft Office 365 portal.
1. Click All Apps.
2. Click Akamai Enterprise Application Access application.
3. You are redirected to the Akamai User login portal, which will display the apps in EAA:
Verification using EAA login portal
1. Click the EAA login portal URL link in the identity provider card. You are redirected to the Office 365 portal for authentication.

2. After successful login, you are allowed to access the application in EAA.