Tutorial: Configure Tanium SSO for automatic user provisioning
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This tutorial describes the steps you need to perform in both Tanium SSO and Microsoft Entra ID to configure automatic user provisioning. When configured, Microsoft Entra ID automatically provisions and de-provisions users and groups to Tanium SSO using the Microsoft Entra provisioning service. These capabilities are supported only for Tanium Cloud customers. 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.
Supported capabilities
Create users in Tanium SSO.
Remove users in Tanium SSO when they do not require access anymore.
Keep user attributes synchronized between Microsoft Entra ID and Tanium SSO.
Provision groups and group memberships in Tanium SSO.
Retain the Token and SCIM API URL values for later use in configuring Tanium SSO. Copy the entire token string, formatted like token-\<58 alphanumeric characters\>.
Step 3: Add Tanium SSO from the Microsoft Entra application gallery
Add Tanium SSO from the Microsoft Entra application gallery to start managing provisioning to Tanium SSO. If you have previously setup Tanium SSO for SSO you can use the same application. However, it's recommended that you create a separate app when testing out the integration initially. Learn more about adding an application from the gallery here.
Step 4: Define who will be in scope for provisioning
The Microsoft Entra provisioning service allows you to scope who will be provisioned based on assignment to the application and or based on attributes of the user / group. If you choose to scope who will be provisioned to your app based on assignment, you can use the following steps to assign users and groups to the application. If you choose to scope who will be provisioned based solely on attributes of the user or group, you can use a scoping filter as described here.
Start small. Test with a small set of users and groups before rolling out to everyone. When scope for provisioning is set to assigned users and groups, you can control this by assigning one or two users or groups to the app. When scope is set to all users and groups, you can specify an attribute based scoping filter.
Step 5: Configure automatic user provisioning to Tanium SSO
This section guides you through the steps to configure the Microsoft Entra provisioning service to create, update, and disable users and/or groups in Tanium based on user and/or group assignments in Microsoft Entra ID.
To configure automatic user provisioning for Tanium SSO in Microsoft Entra ID:
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications
In the applications list, select Tanium SSO.
Select the Provisioning tab.
Set the Provisioning Mode to Automatic.
Under the Admin Credentials section, input your Tanium SSO Tenant URL and Secret Token that you previously retrieved from the Tanium CMP. Click Test Connection to ensure Microsoft Entra ID can connect to Tanium SSO. If the connection fails, ensure that you entered the complete token value, including the token- prefix.
In the Notification Email field, enter the email address of a person or group who should receive the provisioning error notifications and select the Send an email notification when a failure occurs check box.
Select Save.
Under the Mappings section, select Synchronize Microsoft Entra users to Tanium SSO.
Review the user attributes that are synchronized from Microsoft Entra ID to Tanium SSO in the Attribute-Mapping section. The attributes selected as Matching properties are used to match the user accounts in Tanium SSO for update operations. If you choose to change the matching target attribute, you'll need to ensure that the Tanium SSO API supports filtering users based on that attribute. Select the Save button to commit any changes.
Attribute
Type
Supported for filtering
Required by Tanium SSO
userName
String
✓
✓
active
Boolean
✓
displayName
String
✓
externalId
String
✓
Under the Mappings section, select Synchronize Microsoft Entra groups to Tanium SSO.
Review the group attributes that are synchronized from Microsoft Entra ID to Tanium SSO in the Attribute-Mapping section. The attributes selected as Matching properties are used to match the groups in Tanium SSO for update operations. Select the Save button to commit any changes.
Attribute
Type
Supported for filtering
Required by Tanium SSO
displayName
String
✓
✓
externalId
String
✓
members
Reference
To configure scoping filters, refer to the following instructions provided in the Scoping filter tutorial.
To enable the Microsoft Entra provisioning service for Tanium SSO, change the Provisioning Status to On in the Settings section.
Define the users and/or groups that you would like to provision to Tanium SSO by choosing the desired values in Scope in the Settings section.
When you're ready to provision, click Save.
This operation starts the initial synchronization cycle of all users and groups defined in Scope in the Settings section. The initial cycle takes longer to perform than subsequent cycles, which occur approximately every 40 minutes as long as the Microsoft Entra provisioning service is running.
Step 6: Monitor your deployment
Once you've configured provisioning, use the following resources to monitor your deployment:
Use the provisioning logs to determine which users have been provisioned successfully or unsuccessfully
Check the progress bar to see the status of the provisioning cycle and how close it's to completion
If the provisioning configuration seems to be in an unhealthy state, the application goes into quarantine. Learn more about quarantine states here.
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