Simple Static Web Apps Authentification for an Azure Active Directory Group

Question

I am creating a static site with Gatsby, I want to have a certain part of it only accessible to a group in my Azure Active Directory.
I want to use Static Web Apps (Preview) to do this in the simplest way possible.

I already managed to restrict access with the routes.json file to certain user roles (as defined in the Azure portal), but I don't want to manually add everyone in my Active Directory Group to this role one by one.

Can I add an entire AAD group to a role? Is this possible now or is it on the roadmap?

Example use case:
Imagine the use case of a paywall blog, but a company paid for access for all of it's employees. I still want the benefits of static rendering so I want the server to handle access in the background.

If it is not possible what workarounds would be possible today.
I do not want to rewrite my static web app to render certain articles dynamically.

Answer 1

@Tibor Udvari I'm reaching within the product team and will come back to you.

Answer 2

Hello everybody and thanks for reaching out and waiting for an update.

Support for Azure Active Directory Groups in Azure Simple Static Web Apps Authentication as built-in criteria for authorization has not been planned.
However, and as pointed out by @Albert-Moore, Stephen , (custom) Role management based on Azure Function is in preview and allow roles to be managed/sourced in myriad of ways including Azure AD Group membership.

You can let the product team know about your interest in built-in supports for groups posting an idea in the Azure Feedback Forum.

Also, you can know get the latest updates on Static Web Apps features at Azure Updates.

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