Microsoft Entra External ID
AuthenticationFacebook Federation Customers
In brief
The article now links to a consolidated guide for adding Facebook as an identity provider to a user flow and updates the section heading and introductory guidance.
What Entra admins need to know
Administrators configuring Facebook federation should follow the linked shared guide to enable sign-in and sign-up through Facebook.
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[!INCLUDE applies-to-external-only]
By setting up federation with Facebook, you can allow customers to sign in to your applications with their own Facebook accounts. After you've added Facebook as one of your application's sign-in options, on the sign-in page, customers can sign-in to Microsoft Entra External ID with a Facebook account. (Learn more about authentication methods and identity providers for customersauthentication methods and identity providers for customers.)
Create a Facebook application
Use the client ID and client secret from the app you created in Create a Facebook application step.
AddEnable users to sign in and sign up with the identity provider
After you configure Facebook as an identity providerprovider, add it to a user flow
At this point, to allow sign-in and sign-up with the Facebook identity provider has been set up in your external tenant, but it's not yet available in any of the sign-in pages. To add the Facebook identity provider to a user flow:
Browse toEntra ID>External Identities>User flows.Select the user flow where you want to add the Facebookidentity provider.Under Settings, selectIdentity providersUnderOther Identity Providers, selectFacebookSee Add an identity provider to a user flow.At the top of the pane, selectSave.
Related content
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ms.custom: it-pro, has-azure-ad-ps-ref, azure-ad-ref-level-one-done, sfi-ga-noch [!INCLUDE [applies-to-external-only](../includes/applies-to-external-only.md)] -By setting up federation with Facebook, you can allow customers to sign in to your applications with their own Facebook accounts. After you've added Facebook as one of your application's sign-in options, on the sign-in page, customers can sign-in to Microsoft Entra External ID with a Facebook account. (Learn more about [authentication methods and identity providers for customers](/entra/external-id/customers/concept-authentication-methods-customers).)+By setting up federation with Facebook, you can allow customers to sign in to your applications with their own Facebook accounts. (Learn more about [authentication methods and identity providers for customers](concept-authentication-methods-customers.md).) ## Create a Facebook application @@ -97,22 +97,12 @@ To configure Facebook federation by using PowerShell, follow these steps: Use the client ID and client secret from the app you created in [Create a Facebook application](#create-a-facebook-application) step. -## Add Facebook identity provider to a user flow+## Enable users to sign in and sign up with the identity provider -At this point, the Facebook identity provider has been set up in your external tenant, but it's not yet available in any of the sign-in pages. To add the Facebook identity provider to a user flow:--1. Browse to **Entra ID** > **External Identities** > **User flows**.-1. Select the user flow where you want to add the Facebook identity provider.-1. Under Settings, select **Identity providers**-1. Under **Other Identity Providers**, select **Facebook**.-- <!-- -->--1. At the top of the pane, select **Save**.+After you configure Facebook 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 -- [Add Google as an identity provider](how-to-google-federation-customers.md) - [Add Apple as an identity provider](how-to-apple-federation-customers.md) - [Add a Microsoft Entra ID tenant as an OIDC identity provider](how-to-entra-id-federation-customers.md) - [Add OpenID Connect as an external identity provider](how-to-custom-oidc-federation-customers.md)