Adding an Entra ID directory configuration
FortiDLP can integrate with one or more Entra ID directories.
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You must have the following operator permissions to be able to configure an Entra ID integration in FortiDLP:
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Prerequisites
You must first complete the credential setup steps in Microsoft credentials.
How to add an Entra ID directory
- In the FortiDLP Console, on the left-hand sidebar, click
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- Do one of the following:
- Under Users, select Microsoft Entra ID.
- Under Integrations > Microsoft, select Entra ID.
- Click Add new directory.
- In the Add new directory modal, do the following:
- Under Authentication settings, in the Credentials menu, select the set of credentials you want to use (see Microsoft credentials).
- Under Details, enter a name to identify the directory sync configuration.
- Optionally, under User sync, do the following:
- To filter the users you want to sync, in the Filter field, type the search filter.

For example, entering:
country eq 'USA'would filter by users who have USA set as their country of residence.createdDateTime ge 2022-05-09T16:59:09Zwould filter by users whose Entra ID accounts were created after the date and time provided.
- To enable daily auto-syncs, turn the Enable daily auto-sync toggle on. For more information, see Syncing Entra ID directories.
- To enable auto-archiving of users deleted from the directory, turn the Enable auto-archiving of directory-deleted users toggle on. For more information, see Auto-archiving Entra ID directory-deleted users.
- To remove directory labels from auto-archived directory-deleted users, turn the Remove directory labels from auto-archived users toggle on.
- To sync users' usernames to the Infrastructure and allow them to be mapped to events that contain a matching username, turn the Sync username mapping toggle on. For more information, see User-event mapping.
- To filter the users you want to sync, in the Filter field, type the search filter.
- Optionally, under Label import, do the following:
- To create and assign user property directory labels:
- In the User properties list, select one or more user properties. If you select the Hire date checkbox, you must also set the number of days an employee is a new hire in the Days field.
- To pseudonymize user property label values, select the corresponding Pseudonymize values checkboxes.
- To create and assign group membership directory labels:
- In the Group membership list, select one or more group memberships.
- To flag group membership labels, select the corresponding Flag label checkboxes.
- To pseudonymize group membership label values, select the corresponding Pseudonymize values checkboxes.
- To create and assign user property directory labels:
- Click Add new directory.