Tutorial: Configure Flock for automatic user provisioning
The objective of this tutorial is to demonstrate the steps to be performed in Flock and Microsoft Entra ID to configure Microsoft Entra ID to automatically provision and de-provision users and/or groups to Flock.
Note
This tutorial describes a connector built on top of the Microsoft Entra user provisioning service. For important details on what this service does, how it works, and frequently asked questions, see Automate user provisioning and deprovisioning to SaaS applications with Microsoft Entra ID.
Prerequisites
The scenario outlined in this tutorial assumes that you already have the following prerequisites:
- A Microsoft Entra tenant.
- A Flock tenant
- A user account in Flock with Admin permissions.
Assigning users to Flock
Microsoft Entra ID uses a concept called assignments to determine which users should receive access to selected apps. In the context of automatic user provisioning, only the users and/or groups that have been assigned to an application in Microsoft Entra ID are synchronized.
Before configuring and enabling automatic user provisioning, you should decide which users and/or groups in Microsoft Entra ID need access to Flock. Once decided, you can assign these users and/or groups to Flock by following the instructions here:
Important tips for assigning users to Flock
It is recommended that a single Microsoft Entra user is assigned to Flock to test the automatic user provisioning configuration. Additional users and/or groups may be assigned later.
When assigning a user to Flock, you must select any valid application-specific role (if available) in the assignment dialog. Users with the Default Access role are excluded from provisioning.
Set up Flock for provisioning
Before configuring Flock for automatic user provisioning with Microsoft Entra ID, you will need to enable SCIM provisioning on Flock.
Log in into Flock. Click Settings Icon > Manage your team.
Select Auth and Provisioning.
Copy the API Token. These values will be entered in the Secret Token field in the Provisioning tab of your Flock application.
Add Flock from the gallery
To configure Flock for automatic user provisioning with Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Flock from the Microsoft Entra application gallery to your list of managed SaaS applications.
To add Flock from the Microsoft Entra application gallery, perform the following steps:
- Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
- Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
- In the Add from the gallery section, type Flock, select Flock in the search box.
- Select Flock from results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.
Configuring automatic user provisioning to Flock
This section guides you through the steps to configure the Microsoft Entra provisioning service to create, update, and disable users and/or groups in Flock based on user and/or group assignments in Microsoft Entra ID.
Tip
You may also choose to enable SAML-based single sign-on for Flock, following the instructions provided in the Flock Single sign-on tutorial. Single sign-on can be configured independently of automatic user provisioning, though these two features complement each other
To configure automatic user provisioning for Flock in Microsoft Entra ID:
Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications
In the applications list, select Flock.
Select the Provisioning tab.
Set the Provisioning Mode to Automatic.
Under the Admin Credentials section, input the
https://api.flock-staging.com/v2/scimand API Token values retrieved earlier in Tenant URL and Secret Token respectively. Click Test Connection to ensure Microsoft Entra ID can connect to Flock. If the connection fails, ensure your Flock account has Admin permissions and try again.
In the Notification Email field, enter the email address of a person or group who should receive the provisioning error notifications and check the checkbox - Send an email notification when a failure occurs.
Click Save.
Under the Mappings section, select Synchronize Microsoft Entra users to Flock.
Review the user attributes that are synchronized from Microsoft Entra ID to Flock in the Attribute Mapping section. The attributes selected as Matching properties are used to match the user accounts in Flock for update operations. Select the Save button to commit any changes.
To configure scoping filters, refer to the following instructions provided in the Scoping filter tutorial.
To enable the Microsoft Entra provisioning service for Flock, change the Provisioning Status to On in the Settings section.
Define the users and/or groups that you would like to provision to Flock by choosing the desired values in Scope in the Settings section.
When you are ready to provision, click Save.
This operation starts the initial synchronization of all users and/or groups defined in Scope in the Settings section. The initial sync takes longer to perform than subsequent syncs. For more information on how long it will take for users and/or groups to provision, see How long will it take to provision users.
You can use the Current Status section to monitor progress and follow links to your provisioning activity report, which describes all actions performed by the Microsoft Entra provisioning service on Flock. For more information, see Check the status of user provisioning. To read the Microsoft Entra provisioning logs, see Reporting on automatic user account provisioning.
Additional resources
- Managing user account provisioning for Enterprise Apps
- What is application access and single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID?