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Entra ID and Cognito - OIDC

August 11, 2025

Overview

This guide walks through setting up Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) as an OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity provider for AWS Cognito User Pools. This integration allows users to sign in to your applications using their Microsoft credentials.

Steps

1. Sign in to Azure Portal

Navigate to https://portal.azure.com and access Microsoft Entra ID (formerly “Azure AD”) from the main services menu.

2. Register a New Application

  1. In Microsoft Entra ID, select App registrations → New registration.