With Mobile Guardian, you can integrate your Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) for both user and device authentication by inputting the required information on your school or district dashboard.
What Will You Learn?
- Pre-Requisites
- Required Information for Configuration
- Integrating Azure Active Directory with Mobile Guardian
Pre-Requisites
- Azure AD Domain Services (AD DS): Must be licensed within Azure for user sync and mobile device authentication within Mobile Guardian.
- SSL Certificate: Required by Azure when allowing access via the internet. This certificate must be from a public certificate authority and match the wildcard domain of your AD DS environment.
- Password Reset: Users must reset their passwords to sync from AD to AD DS. See the Microsoft guide for further information.
Required Information for Configuration
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Active Directory Details:
- Account suffix (e.g., @domain.com)
- Base DN
- Domain Controller (IP address or site.com)
- Username
- Password
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Active Diƒrectory Mobile Details:
- Account suffix (e.g., @domain.com)
- Base DN
- Domain Controller (IP address or site.com)
- LDAP Port
- LDAPS Port
- Certificate (for authenticating the connection)
Integrating Azure Active Directory with Mobile Guardian
User Sync
- Login to Mobile Guardian
- Navigate to Settings
- Select Directory Settings
- Enter User Sync Information
- Fill in the form with the gathered information.
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Optional: Enable SSL
- Use the slider to enable SSL if required.
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Additional Settings
- Configure additional settings based on your preference.
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Test and Save
- Click "Test Connection". If successful, you will see a "Connected" message. Click "Save" to save the configuration.
Congratulations, you have set up the first configuration!
Mobile Authentication
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Navigate to Mobile Authentication Tab
- Go to Settings > Active Directory > Mobile Authentication.
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Enter Mobile Authentication Information
- Fill in the form, ensuring the certificate is from a public certificate authority.
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Additional Options
- Scroll down to configure further options such as proxy settings, time-out, and inactivity time-out. Select a sign-out behaviour
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Save Configuration
- Click "Save" and you will receive a notification that the settings have been saved.
Congratulations, you have completed setting up the dashboard configuration for Azure.
Any device that you enrol will now display a sign-in screen similar to the following when opening Mobile Guardian:
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