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Getting started with Azure AD Self-Service Sign-Up via user flows

Tai Bo
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6 min readFeb 26, 2021

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Microsoft has added several great features to help with managing identity and access of an external user in B2B collaboration. One such feature is the Azure AD Self-Service Sign-Up via user flows for an external user to sign up as a guest user in the host Azure AD tenant. I found the feature to be promising, but at the time of writing, it’s still in preview and have limitations.

What is Self-Service Sign-Up via user flows?

The self-service sign-up provides several configurations for capturing information about the user on sign-up, integrating with social identity providers (Facebook, Google and other SAML/WS-Fed IdP), and integrating with custom REST APIs to manage approval process and perform necessary business logics.

Azure AD self-service sign-up via user flows

Before you can use the self-service sign-up, you need to enable it. Under Azure Active Directory, go to User settings and click on the link Manage external collaboration settings.

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Tai Bo
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Backend developer in .NET core. I enjoy the outdoor, hanging out with good friends, reading and personal development.