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# Azure Active Directory

## Overview

[Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com), is a collection of cloud services and software products developed by Microsoft. This article describes how to set up Azure AD as an SSO provider in order to access [VGS Dashboard](https://dashboard.verygoodsecurity.com).

## Setup

1. Sign in to your [Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com/) and navigate to **Azure Active Directory** > **Add** > **Enterprise Application**

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2. Select **Create your own application**, provide a name and click Create

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3. Select **Set up single sign on** > **SAML**

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4. On the **Basic SAML Configuration**:
   * enter **ACS URL** and **ENTITY ID** as provided by VGS;
5. Add a new claim **email** with source attribute as **user.mail** in **Attributes & Claims**.

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6. Optional: Remove existing attributes **givenName**, **surname**, **name** and **emailAddress** from "Attributes & Claims".
7. Copy **App Federation Metadata Url** from SAML Certificates and save it into Metadata of VGS. Enable SAML SSO in VGS.

## Turn On the App

Navigate to **Users and groups** and select **Add user/group** to assign users to the app.


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