N-central now supports Microsoft Entra ID as a part of its single sign on capabilities provided by N-able Login starting with N-central 2024.4.  Not only can you configure and manage N-able Login within N-central, but now you can add support to Microsoft Entra ID creating a seamless experience across N-central, other N-able products and resources, as well as any other systems partners have standardized their identity management with Entra ID.

The introduction of Entra ID into N-able login will provide partners, and their staff added efficiency reducing the time it takes to move and shift across their tech stack in addition to N-able Products. 

In this update partners can expect:

• A new mechanism to introduce users into N-central and support the integration with Entra ID, as an external Identity Provider, to provision and deprovision users automatically.
• That it is now possible to automate provisioning and de-provisioning users to N-central instances through existing Entra ID workflows they may already have.
• To configure federated Entra ID support for N-central instances.
• To link an existing local user or users (en masse) to N-able login where federated Entra ID is supported for user authentication.
• To link a new local user to N-able Login and allow the user to use Entra ID configuration for authentication.
• Allow a N-central N-able Login linked user or users to log in by being redirected to Entra ID for authentication.

To get started please find our documentation as well as new courses added to N-able University inside N-ableME

Frequently Asked Questions:

What version of N-central do I need to be on to use Entra in N-central?
On-premise instances require a minimum of 2024.4.0.11. All hosted partners are already on this version.

If I configure Entra ID with N-central and N-able Login, will it work for my other N-able products too?
Yes,  once you have configured N-central to use Entra ID, any other products of N-able that you access with N-able login will now prompt you for Entra ID credentials.

Can I have some users that remain local, while others use Entra ID?
Yes,  you can manage authentication services per user, with some using local, N-able login, or N-able login and Entra ID.

Can we configure multiple Entra ID tenants within N-central for authentication?
No. Currently it is only possible to connect N-central to a single Entra ID tenant.

If I configure Entra ID, will that allow satisfy the N-able login requirement to access new Asset View Preview?
Yes, Entra ID is “through” N-able login, and users are seamlessly migrated to N-able login and provisioned to use Entra ID all at the time of configuration for that user.  (or linked to, in the event the user already existed in N-able Login.