This article helps you provide the provisioning of the Azure App needed to perform the graph API queries for the device management endpoint, which allows the Expel Workbench to collect logs for Microsoft Intune.

Prerequisites

1. You must be able to log into Microsoft Entra as a user assigned the Global Administrator or User Administrator role.

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Step 1: Enable Console and Cross-tenant Access for Expel

Note
If your organization has already created a new Expel account for console access and enabled cross-tenant access for another Microsoft integration, you may skip to Step 2. The same "<Your Organization GUID>@soc.expel.io" account provides access across all Microsoft services.

Enable Console Access for a New Account

Expel requires console access to allow analysts to perform investigation and triage. Without this additional level of information, details cannot be verified by our analysts and an investigation cannot be initiated. For more information, see Why Expel Asks for Console Access.

1. Log in to the Microsoft Entra Admin Center as a user assigned the Global Administrator or User Administrator role.
2. Navigate to Entra ID > Users > All Users.
3. Select User > Invite external user.
4. On the Basics tab, include the following:
   • Email - enter  "<Your Organization GUID>@soc.expel.io". For example, a123bc45-aa12-123b@soc.expel.io
     • You can find your Organization GUID in the Organizations tab of Workbench.
   • Display Name - enter "Expel SOC".
5. On the Assignments tab, configure the following:
   • Select Add role.
   • Search for and select Global Reader. Note: This role provides read-only access across most Microsoft 365 and Azure management consoles.
6. Select Review + invite and then Invite.

The user account will be added to your directory as a guest, and an invitation will be sent to the
email provided.

Enable Cross-tenant Access

In this step you will add Expel as an external organization and configure inbound trust.

1. Still in the Microsoft Entra Admin Center, navigate to Entra ID > External Identities > Cross-tenant access settings.
2. Select the Organizational settings tab.
3. Select Add organization.
4. On the Add organization pane, enter Expel’s tenant ID: 1cde81fd-b430-4035-b24d-709921922876
5. Select Expel from the search results, and then select Add.
6. In the Organizational settings list, locate the Expel row and select Inbound access.
7. On the "Inbound access settings - Expel" page, select the Trust settings tab, and configure the following:
   • Select Customize settings.
   • Enable Trust multifactor authentication from Microsoft Entra tenants.
   • Enable Trust compliant devices.
   • Enable Trust Microsoft Entra hybrid joined devices.
   • Under Automatic redemption, enable Automatically redeem invitations with the tenant Expel.
8. Select Save.

Step 2: Enable Intune Application Access

To integrate the technology with Expel, you need to create secure credentials to the API. You have two options for enabling API access:

Enabling the Enterprise Application is the recommended approach. However, because the Enterprise Application supports access for multiple Microsoft integrations (Microsoft Sentinel, Azure Log Analytics, and so on), it may be that the permissions granted to the Enterprise Application are more than the minimum required for the Azure integration specifically.

The second option is available if and when the absolute minimum permissions are required. In either case, the table below lists the required items to be obtained during this step:

Option 1: Enable Azure Enterprise Application

Option 2: Create Custom Microsoft Entra ID Application

Step 3: Configure Intune in Expel Workbench