--- title: "Connect Microsoft Entra ID to Perplexity - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Group\" fires in Microsoft Entra ID, your agent runs \"Chat Completion\" in Perplexity." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/microsoft-entra-id-to-perplexity" --- # Connect Microsoft Entra ID to Perplexity When **New Group** fires in [Microsoft Entra ID](https://apiant.ai/connections/microsoft-entra-id), your agent runs **Chat Completion** in [Perplexity](https://apiant.ai/connections/perplexity). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Microsoft Entra ID **2** triggers Microsoft Entra ID **14** actions Perplexity **5** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Microsoft Entra ID and Perplexity to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Microsoft Entra ID can start in Perplexity - When **New Group** in Microsoft Entra ID then **Chat Completion** in Perplexity - When **New User** in Microsoft Entra ID then **Generate contextualized embeddings** in Perplexity Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Microsoft Entra ID and Perplexity ## Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 19 actions - Trigger **New Group** Triggers when a new group is created in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. - Trigger **New User** Triggers when a new user is created in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. - Action **Add User to Group** Adds a user as a member of a group in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. - Action **Create Group** Creates a new security group or Microsoft 365 group in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. - Action **Create User** Creates a new user in your Microsoft Entra ID directory with a starting password. - Action **Delete Group** Deletes a group from your Microsoft Entra ID directory. - Action **Delete User** Deletes a user from your Microsoft Entra ID directory. Deleted users can be restored for 30 days. - Action **Disable User** Disables an existing user's account so they can no longer sign in. The user and their data are kept. - Action **Find Group** Returns the groups whose name matches the name you give, either exactly or by how it starts, plus the first match on its own. - Action **Find User** Finds a user in your Microsoft Entra ID directory whose email address or sign-in name matches the one you give. Returns nothing when no user matches. - Action **Get Group** Fetches a group by ID. An error occurs if the group is not found. - Action **Get User** Returns a user's profile from your Microsoft Entra ID directory by object ID or sign-in name. - Action **List Group Members** Returns all direct members of a group: users, nested groups, devices and service principals. - Action **Remove User from Group** Removes a user from a group in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. - Action **Update Group** Updates the name, description or settings of a group in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Update User** Updates the profile details of an existing user in your Microsoft Entra ID directory. Fields left blank are not changed. - Action **Chat Completion** Sends a conversation to a Perplexity Sonar model and returns its web-grounded answer, along with the citations and search results it used. - Action **Generate contextualized embeddings** Generates embeddings for chunks of one or more documents, where chunks from the same document are encoded with awareness of that document's context. Returns the embedding vectors grouped by document. - Action **Generate embeddings** Generates embedding vectors for one or more texts with a Perplexity embedding model, for use in semantic search, clustering and similar applications. - Action **Run agent** Runs a Perplexity agent on your prompt, with optional web search, tools and reasoning, and returns the agent's answer along with its search results and usage. - Action **Search** Searches the web with Perplexity and returns matching web pages with their titles, URLs, snippets and dates. ## Each app on its own - [ **Microsoft Entra ID** Microsoft Entra ID is a cloud-based identity and access management service that lets employees access...](https://apiant.ai/connections/microsoft-entra-id) - [ **Perplexity** Perplexity is a search engine that uses AI to answer questions and provide information.](https://apiant.ai/connections/perplexity) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Microsoft Entra ID - [ **Microsoft Entra ID to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/microsoft-entra-id-to-salesforce) - [ **Microsoft Entra ID to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/microsoft-entra-id-to-slack) - [ **Microsoft Entra ID to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/microsoft-entra-id-to-stripe) - [ **Microsoft Entra ID to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/microsoft-entra-id-to-shopify) - [ **Microsoft Entra ID to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/microsoft-entra-id-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Microsoft Entra ID to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/microsoft-entra-id-to-pipedrive) ## More into Perplexity - [ **HubSpot to Perplexity** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-perplexity) - [ **Salesforce to Perplexity** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-perplexity) - [ **Slack to Perplexity** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-perplexity) - [ **Google Sheets to Perplexity** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-perplexity) - [ **Gmail to Perplexity** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-perplexity) - [ **Google Calendar to Perplexity** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-perplexity) Questions ## Microsoft Entra ID and Perplexity, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Microsoft Entra ID? Any of Microsoft Entra ID's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New Group and New User. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Perplexity when something happens in Microsoft Entra ID? Any of Perplexity's 5 actions, including Chat Completion, Generate contextualized embeddings, Generate embeddings and Run agent. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Perplexity to Microsoft Entra ID? Perplexity has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Microsoft Entra ID. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Perplexity's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Microsoft Entra ID or Perplexity? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Microsoft Entra ID and Perplexity without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.