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# Entra ID user provider

The ***Entra ID user*** provider allows Devolutions Server to store the Entra ID application information to be used for account discovery or to achieve password rotation.

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See [Create an Entra ID PAM provider](https://docs.devolutions.net/pam/kb/how-to-articles/create-azure-ad-pam-provider-devolutions-server/) for more information about the configuration in Azure.
{% endhint %}

![](https://cdnweb.devolutions.net/docs/DVLS4204_2025_2.png)

### General

| OPTIONS         | DESCRIPTION                         |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| **Name**        | Display name of the provider.       |
| **Description** | Custom description of the provider. |

### Server

| OPTIONS       | DESCRIPTION                  |
| ------------- | ---------------------------- |
| **Tenant ID** | ID of the Azure tenant.      |
| **Client ID** | ID of the Azure application. |

### Credentials

| OPTIONS               | DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Credential type**   | <p>Choose a credential type between:</p><ul><li><em><strong>Custom</strong></em>: manually enter the Azure application’s secret key.</li><li><em><strong>Linked credential</strong></em>: retrieve credentials from an existing privileged account.</li></ul> |
| **Secret key**        | Secret key of the Azure application.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Linked credential** | Choose a privileged account from which to retrieve credentials. This option is only displayed when the ***Credential type*** is set to ***Linked credential***.                                                                                               |

### Actions

| OPTIONS                                       | DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                    |
| --------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Add a PAM vault**                           | Automatically create a PAM vault for the new provider.                                                                                         |
| **Add a new account discovery configuration** | Opens the ***Add new account discovery configuration*** window once the provider is created with the provider’s information already filled in. |

#### See also

* [Devolutions Academy - Configuring an Active Directory Provider](https://academy.devolutions.net/student/path/2354099/activity/3423446)
* [Devolutions Academy - Configuring an Entra ID Provider](https://academy.devolutions.net/student/path/2354099/activity/3423447)


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