I have an Azure VM and I am trying to get it to authenticate to a user group

Question

I am trying to authenticate a user group to a new Azure Virtual machine

I have tried to authenticate using IAM but when I try to log in it doesn't allow me to authenticate with a user in the user group that I assigned.

It still wants the VM admin password rather than a user.

Answer 1

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

This issue often arises when the Azure Virtual Machine is not properly configured to allow Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) authentication.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/devices/howto-vm-sign-in-azure-ad-windows

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Answer 2

Hi Daniel Shultz,

In the VM’s IAM settings, make sure your user group has either “Virtual Machine Administrator Login” or “Virtual Machine User Login” roles assigned.

Not all VM images support this feature, so be sure to verify that yours does.

If you’re using RDP, you need to select “Azure AD credentials” instead of the usual password login.

If your VM was created without Entra ID integration initially, it might still require the admin password until everything is set up correctly.

You can go through the setup guide here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/devices/howto-vm-sign-in-azure-ad-windows

Please refer this documents as well:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74766839/im-unable-to-login-to-vm-with-azure-ad-user-credentials

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73796865/how-do-i-login-to-an-azure-ad-joined-vm-using-azure-ad-credentials-on-an-windows

If you have already done all this and it’s still not working, please let us know what error message you’re getting we are glad to help you.

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