Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) is Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management service. It provides a single sign-on experience for users across multiple applications and allows organizations to manage access to those applications.
Microsoft Entra ID Enterprise Applications
A Microsoft Entra ID Enterprise Application (also known as a "Cloud App") is a pre-configured application that can be added to a Microsoft Entra ID tenant. It allows organizations to manage access to an application and provides a single sign-on experience for users. It is an implementation of the OAuth 2.0 authentication standard and can be easily set up with minimal user input .
Overview of deskbird Enterprise Applications
deskbird offers Microsoft Entra ID Enterprise Applications to coordinate single sign-on, user profile data, user groups, and room calendar synchronization, and to set up continuous synchronization of users and user groups.
These functionalities are split up into three separate Enterprise Applications to enable fine-grained permission settings:
| Enterprise Application | Purpose | Installation |
| deskbird Hybrid Office | Single Sign-On, synchronization of profile data |
Microsoft Entra ID admin needs to install the application following this link: |
| deskbird Calendar sync | Bidirectional synchronization of meeting room calendars | Microsoft Entra ID admin needs to start installation from within the deskbird admin section |
| deskbird SCIM | Continuous synchronization of users and user groups | Microsoft Entra ID admin needs to configure the application according to the respective guide provided by deskbird. |
To read more about the required permissions, click here.
To enable our "deskbird Calendar Sync" enterprise application, click here.
To activate SCIM, click here.