N-able Login with Entra ID (New)

N-able integrates Microsoft Entra ID into N-able Login to provide secure, federated authentication across supported products. You can use Microsoft Entra ID as an external identity provider to automate the way users are provisioned, managed, and authenticated.

After you set up N-able Login with Entra ID:

  • Users can sign in to N-able Login with their Microsoft credentials using Entra ID authentication.
  • You can provision and deprovision user accounts using Microsoft Entra ID.
  • Supports Microsoft Conditional Access so you can apply your specific security policies during authentication.
  • Applies any sign-in conditions configured for N-able products.

If you already use Entra ID workflows, you can use them to automate provisioning and deprovisioning.

How it works

The N-able User Provisioning application creates N-able user accounts based on your Microsoft Entra ID directory. After you configure and enable provisioning, you don't need to create users manually in N-sight. If you remove a user from the assigned group or disable their Entra ID account, the system automatically revokes their access to N-able.

Authentication and identity management changes

Enabling Entra ID changes how users authenticate and how identity is managed in N-able products.

  • After you enable Entra ID, all supported N-able products that use N-able Login follow the new sign‑in experience.
  • For provisioned users, Microsoft Entra ID becomes the authoritative identity provider. You manage user details, access policies, and security settings in Entra ID instead of in N-able.
  • You cannot create or manage Agent Key users in Microsoft Entra ID.

N-able User Provisioning application

The N-able User Provisioning application is an enterprise application in the Microsoft Entra gallery. After you create and configure the app, you use it to provision and manage Entra ID users.

Configuration overview

  1. Set up Entra ID as an identity provider with N-sight 
    • Configure a trust relationship between N-sight and Microsoft Entra ID.
    • Generate the provisioning credentials required for the N-able User Provisioning application.
  2. Create the N-able User Provisioning application
    • Register the application as an enterprise app in Microsoft Entra ID.
  3. Configure the N-able User Provisioning application
    • Set user provisioning to automatic.
    • Enter the provisioning credentials and test the connection.
  4. Assign users to the N-able User Provisioning application 
    • Add Entra ID users to the N-able User Provisioning application.
    • After assignment, these users become available to provision in N-able products.
  5. Provision users to access N-sight
    • Assign users to the User Provisioning application. After the assignment completes, the system automatically creates their user accounts in N-sight.
  6. Finalize user permissions in N-sight
    • Provisioned users appear in N-sight with a Pending Configuration role.
    • A Superuser or Agent Key user assigns an N-sight role for the users. For steps, see Assign N-sight roles to Entra ID users.