By connecting Microsoft’s enterprise cloud directory to Blacksmith’s compliance automation platform, MSPs can synchronize users and groups in real time, conduct streamlined access reviews, and generate audit-ready compliance evidence—all without resorting to manual exports or error-prone spreadsheet work.

How the Integration Works

• Automatic User and Group Sync:
  Utilizing secure SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management) integration, Blacksmith ingests live user and group data from Microsoft 365 (Azure AD). This ensures that compliance processes, including user access reviews and deprovisioning, always reflect the current state of client environments.

• Audit-Ready Compliance, Centralized:
  Access reviews, policy acknowledgments, and compliance tasks are tracked in one business-friendly dashboard, making it easy to demonstrate controls and send clear, formatted evidence to auditors and stakeholders—without the hassle of disconnected systems.

• Risk and Privilege Monitoring:
  The integration allows MSPs to automatically detect dormant accounts, over-privileged users, and policy drift across every connected tenant. Issues can be flagged and remediated immediately, reducing compliance gaps and the risk of privilege creep.

Key Integration Features