Configuring access to the Operator Control Panel with Microsoft (Azure AD)

Signing in to the Operator Control Panel with a Microsoft account is a mandatory requirement for publishing the ActivePlatform application in the Microsoft AppSource catalog. Using a Microsoft account to access the Operator Control Panel is only available for managers who contacted via the ActivePlatform application in the Microsoft AppSource catalog.

Before configuring access to the Operator Control Panel a Microsoft account, make sure the following prerequisites are completed:

1. The ActivePlatform application is published in the Microsoft AppSource catalog. For the publishing instructions, see Steps for Microsoft Partners to Publish App on Microsoft AppSource. For the publishing process description, see Make your solutions available in Microsoft AppSource and within Office).
2. Notifications about the potential ActivePlatform customers are configured as follows:
   1. The email notifications are selected for the ActivePlatform application.
   2. The notifications include the following contact information for creating resellers and managers: first name, last name, work email, title, company, country (region), phone number.
   3. For receiving the email notification, Power Automate is used (see Use an HTTPS endpoint to manage commercial marketplace leads). A paid subscription to Power Automate is required.
3. The ActivePlatform application is registered at portal.azure.com as follows:
   
   1.  In the Authentication > Platform configuration > Supported account types section, the Multitenant mode is selected.
   2.  The ActivePlatform application has its ID.
   3. A client (application) secret is created as never expired.
      

To configure access to the Operator Control Panel with Microsoft:

1. On the root reseller level of the installation, enter all the Azure Active Directory settings — see Global settings.
2. When a notification with contact information of a reseller and manager is received:
   1. Create a new reseller using the received contact information — see Creating a new reseller.
   2. Specify the reseller domain name — see Managing reseller's domain.
   3. Activate for the reseller signing in to the Operator Control Panel with a Microsoft account — see Manager settings.

   4. Create a new manager for the reseller using the received contact information — see Creating reseller's manager.

      It is important to create a manager because otherwise, the signing-in process will fail even if authentication in Azure AD is completed successfully.

3. For the ActivePlatform application at portal.azure.com, specify the reseller domain name in the Authentication > Web > Redirect URIs section.
   

When configuring access to the Operator Control Panel with Microsoft is completed, contact the manager and share the link to the admin sign-in page of the Operator Control Panel.