Finding the object ID for your Entra OIDC application - GitHub

This procedural topic helps enterprise administrators locate the object ID for their Microsoft Entra OIDC app, a prerequisite for configuring token lifetime policies for managed users.

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Context

This article supports enterprise administrators who are responsible for identitiy and access management (IAM) within GitHub Enterprise Cloud by clarifying na essential but previously undocumented step in the configuration workflow. The article is part of a larger Enterprise Managed Users (EMU) docset, which helps administrators integrate external identity provides such as Entra ID and PingFederate.

Activities:

  • Collaborated with subject matter experts to validate requirements and technical accuracy.
  • Researched, tested, and verified steps to confirm UI and workflows.
  • Authored task-oriented procedures and sample queries tailored for enterprise administrators.
  • Reviewed and revised content to align terminology and style with both GitHub and Microsoft documentation standards.

Impact

By providing a clear, validated workflow and example Graph API query, the article reduced setup friction for enterprise customers and lowered support escalations related to OIDC session lifetime configuration. It also improved cross-product accuracy by aligning GitHub’s instructions with Microsoft’s current Entra documentation and API behavior.

Tools and skills

  • Docs-as-code
  • Git/GitHub
  • Markdown
  • Liquid
  • CI/CD
  • YAML