Microsoft Entra ID Integration Guide

This guide describes how to sync users from Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) to your Nimblr Security Awareness account.

1. Log into the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com/. Search for and select Microsoft Entra ID.

2. In the left menu, under Manage, select App registrations and click New registration.

3. Enter a name, for example. ‘Nimblr’.

4. Select Accounts in this organizational directory only

5. In the “Redirect URI” section - select Web and enter the following URL: https://nimblr.net/go/ad/reg and click Register.

6. Three values are now showing. Copy and save the Application (client) ID and the Directory (tenant) ID details into a notepad or other document for use in a later step.

7. Select Certificates & secrets on the left hand side and click New client secret.

8. Enter a description, for example ‘Nimblr Secret’ and set the Expire time to 24 months or more. Click Add.

9. Copy and save the Value (Client Secret) into a notepad or other document for use in a later step.

10. Click API Permissions on the left hand side. The permission User.Read should already be listed. Click Add a permission.

11. Click Microsoft Graph

then click Application Permissions on the next screen.

12. Search for and select the following permissions: (you may select both permissions at once, before continuing.)

• User.Read.All
• GroupMember.Read.All

Then click Add permissions.

13. A list of the selected permissions should now show. Click Grant admin consent for… and select Yes when prompted.

14. Login to your Nimblr account at https://nimblr.net and navigate to the Integrations section under the Settings menu and select Integration type Microsoft Entra ID.

15. Paste the values saved in previous steps (Application ID, Client Secret and the Directory ID Value).Click Save Changes and a confirmation like below should show.

16. Choose the user Activation you wish to use. This can be changed at any time.

Activate new users manually - This option will set status “Pending” to any new user(s) that is added from the external directory synchronization. An administrator will have to manually activate the users for the training program to start.

Activate new users automatically - This option will automatically activate any new user(s) that is added from the external directory synchronization and immediately start sending training invitations and/or simulations to the user(s). 

17. You’re now asked to select the preferred Group membership method.

Linked - Enables you to assign one or more external directory groups to Nimblr groups. This option is often used in multi-language enterprises with employees in different countries to automatically give them membership in a Nimblr group that has a specific language configured. The assigning of groups are made in the Groups > Integration settings after the Integration settings have been completed.

Manually - Will synchronize all new users in the selected Azure groups to the Nimblr default group and allows for users to be manually moved into different Nimblr Groups.

18. Select what Groups to be synchronized. This option is only available if Group Membership is set to Manually. Add the external directory group(s) that should be synchronized and assigned to the Nimblr Default Group. You may still create additional Nimblr Groups and manually assign users to different Nimblr Groups. To use this option you must manually specify the name of the Azure Group to synchronize in the Nimblr configuration window.

19. Click Save Changes.

Assigning Groups (ONLY for use with the Linked Group Membership option)

After completing the Directory Integration configuration Azure groups may now be assigned to a Nimblr group. You might want to create additional Nimblr groups before starting assigning external directory groups to Nimblr Groups - this is done from the Groups menu, click Add New Group to add a new Nimblr Group. The new groups settings will be inherited from the ‘default group’ but may be changed/updated independently.

To assign users from a specific external directory groups to a Nimblr group navigate click Edit on the Group you wish to associate with one or more external directory groups, then click Integration menu. Add one or more external directory groups and click Save Changes.