Contents

Jira Cloud User Provisioning (REST API) for Azure AD

User Sync & Group Sync app sync user and group information from Azure AD to Jira Cloud. Sync can be performed manually, scheduled to run after set time intervals, or during user login. This way the administrator only needs to manage user accounts in Azure AD. This reduces the administration time required to create users and groups in Atlassian modules such as Jira Cloud.

Step 1: Setup Azure AD

Log in to Azure AD Portal
Select Azure Active Directory ⇒ App Registrations. Click on New Application Registration.

sync users, groups and directory details using Azure AD into Jira and Confluence

Assign a Name and choose the account type.In the Redirect Url, leave it blank and click on Register button.

After Registration you can see the "Application ID" and the "Directory (tenant) ID". You will need both to setup the Azure AD in User Sync & Group Sync app.

In the Left panel click on Certificates & secrets. click on the New client secret button. It will show you the popup for adding a new client secret.

Add "secret key" in the descripton and add expires in 1 year and click on Add button.Copy client secret keep it handy it will reqired while Setup User Sync app.

Select API permissions ⇒ Add a permission. Click on Microsoft Graph.

Click Application permissions and Select below permissions

Search for Directory and select the Directory.Read.All permission. Then search for user and select User.Read.All

After assigning permissions you have to click on Grant admin consent for Demo

Step 2: Setup User Sync & Group Sync app

1: Configure API token:

Setup API Token by clicking Configure API Token button.
Enter your Admin Email
Generate your own API token. Please refer this document here.
Fill in values according to the table below.

Application Name	Enter unique name. e.g. Azure AD
Client ID	Enter Azure AD Application (client) ID which you will find in overview page of the Azure AD app.
Client Secret	Enter Azure AD Client secret which were created while setting up Azure AD.
Tenant ID	Enter Azure AD Directory (tenant) ID which you will find in overview page of the Azure AD app.

Step 3: Provisioning Operations

Enable Import Users option to create users automatically if they do not exist in Jira.
Enable Import Groups option to create groups automatically if they do not exist in Jira.