N-able Login with Entra ID

By establishing a trust relationship (federation) between N-able Login and Microsoft Entra ID, users can sign in using their Microsoft 365 credentials and access multiple N-able applications without signing in to each one individually. This single sign-on (SSO) experience enhances security, improves the user experience, and simplifies access management across your environment.

Auto-provisioning of N-able Login with Entra ID users streamlines user management by automatically creating and managing user accounts in your N-able environment based on your Entra ID directory. It eliminates the need to manually create users in N-able N-central. Instead, users are provisioned dynamically based on predefined rules and group memberships in Entra ID. This ensures that access is secure, consistent, and aligned with your organization’s identity governance policies.

How It Works

  • Integration with Entra ID: You register N-able Login as an enterprise application in Microsoft Entra ID.
  • Rule-Based Assignment: You assign users or groups to the N-able application in Entra ID. Once assigned, users are automatically created in N-able and can authenticate using their Entra ID credentials.
  • Lifecycle Management: When a user is removed from the assigned group or their account is disabled in Entra ID, their access to N-able is revoked automatically, helping maintain compliance and reduce orphaned accounts.

Benefits

  • Simplified Onboarding: Users gain access without manual setup by IT administrators.
  • Centralized Identity Management: Manage users and access policies directly from Entra ID.
  • Improved Security: Enforce conditional access, MFA, and account lifecycle policies centrally.
  • Scalable: Easily scale access across large, distributed teams with minimal administrative effort.

This integration supports modern identity practices and aligns N-able environments with enterprise cloud security standards.

Before beginning federation of N-able Login with Entra ID, please beware that;
  • To enable communication with N-able cloud services, make sure your N-able N-central instance allows outbound TCP traffic on port 8088. Learn More.
  • This feature is not available for Trial accounts. Your account must be in Contract to utilize N-able Login with Entra ID.
  • When you switch to N-able Login with Entra ID via any N-able product, the sign-in experience changes for all your other N-able products that use N-able Login.

How to federate N-able Login with Entra ID

Federating N-able Login with Entra ID involves a multi-step configuration process across both your N-central environment and the Microsoft Entra admin center.

START HERE: Set Up Entra ID as an IdP.