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AWS-SSO Integrated with Azure AD

By Kabir VaderaaPublished 22nd August 20205 min readAWSAzure ADSSOIdentityCloud

In this article I will show you how to create AWS SSO and integrate it with your Azure AD for Single Sign-On (SSO).

Pre-requisite: You should have an AWS Organisation set up. Here is a guide on how to set it up.

AWS Config

Log in to your master AWS Organisation account and navigate to AWS SSO in the console.

AWS SSO console navigation
AWS SSO console navigation

Click Enable AWS SSO. SSO is provisioned in each of the organisation's accounts.

Enable SSO screen
Enable SSO screen
IAM view of SSO provisioning
IAM view of SSO provisioning

Go into SSO and click Choose Identity Source → Change Identity Source.

Identity source selection
Identity source selection

Select External Identity Provider and download the metadata file. Then head to Part 2 to configure Azure AD.

AWS SSO Identity Sources
AWS SSO Identity Sources