How to configure SCIM with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)

This guide explains how to set up automatic user and group provisioning between Microsoft Entra ID and your Hugging Face organization using SCIM.

This feature is part of the Enterprise Plus plan.

Step 1: Get SCIM configuration from Hugging Face

Navigate to your organization’s settings page on Hugging Face.
Go to the SSO tab, then click on the SCIM sub-tab.
Copy the SCIM Tenant URL. You will need this for the Entra ID configuration.
Click Generate an access token. A new SCIM token will be generated. Copy this token immediately and store it securely, as you will not be able to see it again.

Step 2: Configure Provisioning in Microsoft Entra ID

In the Microsoft Entra admin center, navigate to your Hugging Face Enterprise Application.
In the left-hand menu, select Provisioning.
Click Get started.
Change the Provisioning Mode from “Manual” to Automatic.

Step 3: Enter Admin Credentials

In the Admin Credentials section, paste the SCIM Tenant URL from Hugging Face into the Tenant URL field.
Paste the SCIM token from Hugging Face into the Secret Token field.
Click Test Connection. You should see a success notification.
Click Save.

Step 4: Configure Attribute Mappings

Under the Mappings section, click on Provision Microsoft Entra ID Users.

The default attribute mappings often require adjustments for robust provisioning. We recommend using the following configuration. You can delete attributes that are not listed here:

`customappsso` Attribute	Microsoft Entra ID Attribute	Matching precedence
`userName`	`Replace([mailNickname], ".", "", "", "", "", "")`
`active`	`Switch([IsSoftDeleted], , "False", "True", "True", "False")`
`emails[type eq "work"].value`	`userPrincipalName`
`name.givenName`	`givenName`
`name.familyName`	`surname`
`name.formatted`	`Join(" ", [givenName], [surname])`
`externalId`	`objectId`	`1`

After configuring the user mappings, go back to the Provisioning screen and click on Provision Microsoft Entra ID Groups to review group mappings. The default settings for groups are usually sufficient.

Step 5: Start Provisioning

On the main Provisioning screen, set the Provisioning Status to On.
Under Settings, you can configure the Scope to either “Sync only assigned users and groups” or “Sync all users and groups”. We recommend starting with “Sync only assigned users and groups”.
Save your changes.

The initial synchronization can take up to 40 minutes to start. You can monitor the progress in the Provisioning logs tab.

Assigning Users and Groups for Provisioning

To control which users and groups are provisioned to your Hugging Face organization, you need to assign them to the Hugging Face Enterprise Application in Microsoft Entra ID. This is done in the Users and groups tab of your application.

Navigate to your Hugging Face Enterprise Application in the Microsoft Entra admin center.
Go to the Users and groups tab.
Click Add user/group.
Select the users and groups you want to provision and click Assign.

Only the users and groups you assign here will be provisioned to Hugging Face if you have set the Scope to “Sync only assigned users and groups”.

Active Directory Plan Considerations

With Free, Office 365, and Premium P1/P2 plans, you can assign individual users to the application for provisioning.
With Premium P1/P2 plans, you can also assign groups. This is the recommended approach for managing access at scale, as you can manage group membership in AD, and the changes will automatically be reflected in Hugging Face.

Step 6: Verify Provisioning in Hugging Face

Once the synchronization is complete, navigate back to your Hugging Face organization settings:

Provisioned users will appear in the Users Management tab.
Provisioned groups will appear in the SCIM tab under SCIM Groups. These groups can then be assigned to Resource Groups for fine-grained access control.

Step 7: Link SCIM Groups to Hugging Face Resource Groups

Once your groups are provisioned from Entra ID, you can link them to Hugging Face Resource Groups to manage permissions at scale. This allows all members of a SCIM group to automatically receive specific roles (like read or write) for a collection of resources.

In your Hugging Face organization settings, navigate to the SSO -> SCIM tab, You will see a list of your provisioned groups under SCIM Groups.

Locate the group you wish to configure and click Link resource groups in its row.
A dialog will appear. Click Link a Resource Group.
From the dropdown menus, select the Resource Group you want to link and the Role Assignment you want to grant to the members of the SCIM group.
Click Link to SCIM group and save the mapping.

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