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title: "App Registration and Required Access"
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## App Registration steps for the Application in Microsoft Entra ID

This integration requires an App registration in the Azure portal. Follow the steps in this section to create a new application in Microsoft Entra ID:

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.
2. Search for and select **Microsoft Entra ID**.

![image-20240711-100541.png](media://75612944-6e7f-4b2c-9e93-5bebb833b7f9)

4. Under **Manage**, select **App registrations**

![image-20240711-100633.png](media://32ce844e-e561-4b01-8d98-1684c3d2d689)

5. Click on **New Registration**

![image-20240711-100940.png](media://0e640285-7d53-448d-89d6-0e8902c5bc02)

6. Enter a display Name for your application.

![image-20240711-101027.png](media://d38ec17c-5cc7-4659-ae16-5f27040822f3)

7. Select **Register** to complete the initial app registration.
8. When registration finishes, the Azure portal displays the app registration's Overview pane.
9. You see the Application (client) ID and Tenant ID. The client ID and Tenant ID are required as configuration parameters for the execution of Infoblox MS Sentinel Data Connector.

## Add a client secret for application in Microsoft Entra ID

Sometimes called an application password, a client secret is a string value required for the execution of Infoblox MS Sentinel Data Connector. Follow the steps in this section to create a new Client Secret

1. In the Azure portal, in App registrations, select your application.

![image-20240711-101220.png](media://f2307018-a1db-4552-824d-a244ee3e6183)

2. From **Manage**, Select** Certificates & secrets** > **Client secrets** > **New client secret**.

![image-20240711-101513.png](media://500131c2-4385-4434-8fea-00317df151e0)

3. Add a **Description** for your client secret.
4. Select an expiration for the secret or specify a custom lifetime. Limit is 24 months.

![image-20240711-101551.png](media://bcd703f5-e52f-429f-812b-fb03bec6d3ae)

 

5. Select Add.
6. Record the secret's Value for use in your client application code. This secret value is never displayed again after you leave this page. The secret value is required as a configuration parameter for the execution of Infoblox MS Sentinel Data Connector.

## Assign role of Contributor to application in Microsoft Entra ID

1. In the Azure portal, Go to **Resource Group** and select your resource group.

![image-20240711-101659.png](media://a4d37334-b009-41cc-b6e6-7acd508d530c)

2. Go to** Access control (IAM)** from left panel.

![image-20240711-101809.png](media://87f2b0ac-14ca-4827-9173-998809d3d666)

3. Click on **Add**, and then select **Add role assignment**.

![image-20240711-101848.png](media://854fe4d6-d8e2-4292-853c-73384be79ad1)

4. Select **Contributor** as role from **Privileged administrator roles** and click on next.

![image-20240711-102204.png](media://7158e4ba-de1f-4c51-ab99-27a7ad379547)

5. In Assign access to, select User, group, or service principal.

![image-20240711-102132.png](media://338c1635-c2a9-458b-b4f6-130beaaec3cc)

6. Click on add members and type your app name that you have created and **Select** it. Now click on **Review + assign** and then again click on **Review + assign.**