Microsoft Entra External ID
AuthenticationApple Federation Customers
In brief
The article now links to the authentication methods overview and the consolidated “Add an identity provider to a user flow” article instead of listing the Apple-specific setup steps inline.
What Entra admins need to know
Use the linked article for instructions to enable Apple sign-in and sign-up in a user flow.
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[!INCLUDE applies-to-external-only]
By setting up federation with Apple, you can let customers sign in to your applications by using their own Apple accounts. After you add Apple as one of your application's sign-in options, customers can sign in to Microsoft Entra External ID with an Apple account. Learn more about authentication methods and identity providers for customers.
Create an Apple application
:::image type="content" source="media/how-to-apple-federation-customers/configured-apple-identity-provider.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the All identity providers list showing Apple as a configured built-in identity provider.":::
AddEnable users to sign in and sign up with the identity provider
After you configure Apple as an identity providerprovider, add it to a user flow
At this point, to allow sign-in and sign-up with the Apple identity provider is set up in your external tenant, but it isn't yet available on sign-in pages. To add the Apple identity provider to a user flow:
In your customer tenant, browse toEntra ID>External identities>User flows.Select the user flow where you want to add the Appleidentity provider.Under Settings, selectIdentity providersSee Add an identity provider to a user flow.UnderOther Identity Providers, selectApple.SelectSave.
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ai-usage: ai-assisted [!INCLUDE [applies-to-external-only](../includes/applies-to-external-only.md)] -By setting up federation with Apple, you can let customers sign in to your applications by using their own Apple accounts. After you add Apple as one of your application's sign-in options, customers can sign in to Microsoft Entra External ID with an Apple account. Learn more about [authentication methods and identity providers for customers](concept-authentication-methods-customers.md).+By setting up federation with Apple, you can let customers sign in to your applications by using their own Apple accounts. Learn more about [authentication methods and identity providers for customers](concept-authentication-methods-customers.md). ## Create an Apple application @@ -89,15 +89,9 @@ After you create the Apple app, in this step you set the Apple app details in Mi :::image type="content" source="media/how-to-apple-federation-customers/configured-apple-identity-provider.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the All identity providers list showing Apple as a configured built-in identity provider."::: -## Add Apple identity provider to a user flow+## Enable users to sign in and sign up with the identity provider -At this point, the Apple identity provider is set up in your external tenant, but it isn't yet available on sign-in pages. To add the Apple identity provider to a user flow:--1. In your customer tenant, browse to **Entra ID** > **External identities** > **User flows**.-1. Select the user flow where you want to add the Apple identity provider.-1. Under Settings, select **Identity providers**.-1. Under **Other Identity Providers**, select **Apple**.-1. Select **Save**.+After you configure Apple as an identity provider, add it to a user flow to allow sign-in and sign-up with the identity provider. See [Add an identity provider to a user flow](how-to-add-identity-provider-to-user-flow-customers.md). ## Related content