Cisco Meraki with Azure AD user authentication

[Padre880]

Hello everyone,

First post here, hopefully this is the right place.

We use Cisco Meraki in our offices, and use Radius/NPS to authentication our end users against the onprem Active Directory.

Since we are migrating to Azure AD (not related to the onprem AD, our company was bought by a bigger one) and we will stop using our onprem AD accounts, I am wondering if Meraki can authenticate my users using their new Azure AD identities?

I digged into the question, but the only things I could find where: how to use MFA with Azure AD, but that still implied the use of an Onprem AD, and the answer NO, since AzureAD uses SAML and not LDAP.

I can't beleive this is not possible with Cisco Meraki, and I'd be happy with anyone who has an idea, or has implemented this already !

Thank you for your help.

[balaji.bandi]

Check this may help you :

https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Managing_Dashboard_Access/Configuring_SAML_SSO_with_Azure_AD

[Padre880]

Hello,

Unless mistaken, this is to implement SSO for the Meraki Dashboard, and not for end users wireless auth.

But thank you

[balaji.bandi]

You mean you looking End user authentication with Azure AD ?

[Padre880]

Yes exactly

[balaji.bandi]

Understand - appolgies for the other document.

As you mentioned that is Limitation as of now there no connection, other option suggested ( Express way VPN) if you have one. not via Internet.

or use any Local Radius and use Azure Cloud may be viable i guess, i have not tested this.

may be good thread : ( appolgies, if you already visited this site).

https://community.meraki.com/t5/Wireless-LAN/Azure-AD-authentication-on-Meraki-WiFi/td-p/50285

[Padre880]

Thank you for the link.
I've read this already, and feel quite frustrated this is actually still the case: nothing exists to support AzureAD authentication for end users.

[evillanueva858]

Have you found any solutions for this issue ?

[balaji.bandi]

i found recent guide as below : (not tested)

https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Managing_Dashboard_Access/Configuring_SAML_SSO_with_Azure_AD