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Automated Onboarding, Part 3 - Account Creation
1/15/2025

Why shouldn't accounts be created manually?

Humans are inconsistent, forgetful creatures. Ask us to do the same thing two or three times and chances are we'll do it two or three different ways. Manually clicking through a UI to create accounts leaves room for error, takes time, and ultimately costs money, particularly if the job is outsourced. Greater consistency, efficiency, and savings is an easy sell.

In this article, we'll build a system that creates accounts in two clicks.

Creating Entra ID accounts programmatically

There's two s...

Entra ID, Powershell, Azure Functions, Power Automate