No access to Azure Active Directory on Azure Sphere

Question

Hi,

I created new tenant for Azure Sphere, but I'm not able to access Azure Active Directory on Azure portal - it says I don't have access.
Which is strange, since I'm using the same account for all, I can even switch to our regular Azure, where I do have Azure Active Directory accessible.

Any hints on how to fix this?

Best,
Pavol

Answer 1

Hi @Pavol Gurbal · Thank you for reaching out.

Looks like the access to Azure AD via Azure Portal is restricted by using below option:

When this option is set to YES, any non-admin user cannot access Azure AD via Azure Portal. To change this setting, you need to ask the global administrator (by default the user account used to create the tenant) of the new tenant to sign in to Azure portal and navigate to Azure Active Directory > User Settings.

If this option is set you yes, you can still use Azure AD PowerShell Module to access Azure AD objects of the new tenant.

If you are signing in with Guest User account, below option can also restrict access to Azure AD:

To change this setting, Global Admin of the tenant needs to navigate to Azure AD > User Settings > Manage external collaboration settings.

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Answer 2

The Azure Sphere tenant is a different entity altogether and is not visible/accessible through the Azure portal. You may have to create additional Azure AD tenant with the account if you would like to execute additional tasks with the same account.

Azure AD Tenants - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/quickstart-create-new-tenant

Please see link https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-sphere/deployment/about-tenants for additional info on Azure Sphere tenants. Please let me know if I misunderstood t