Use Microsoft Entra to govern hybrid identities from HiBob while moving to the cloud at your own pace.
Every workforce transition creates an identity moment that your IT team must get right. That’s why we’re excited to announce the general availability of HiBob’s native integration with Microsoft Entra. It helps you turn trusted workforce changes in HiBob into governed identity actions, so employees get the right access across on-premises and cloud apps as they join, change roles, or leave.
Why this matters
New hires need accounts and the right access from day one. When employees change roles, their access needs to change with them. And when someone leaves, that access needs to be removed quickly. Manual handoffs, tickets, and custom integrations slow these moments down, create more work for IT, and add unnecessary security risk. Connecting trusted workforce data in HiBob with Microsoft Entra helps you securely govern and automate the process, reducing the back-and-forth.
If your organization uses HiBob, this integration gives your HR and IT teams a more connected way to manage identity changes across hybrid environments. HR keeps workforce information current in HiBob, while IT decides how Microsoft Entra applies mappings, scoping rules, provisioning policies, and governance controls. Together, the systems turn workforce events into consistent identity actions - reducing manual handoffs, speeding up lifecycle processes, and creating a stronger foundation for identity governance.
Modernize identity without forcing a disruptive migration
Many organizations are moving applications and infrastructure to the cloud while still supporting on-premises directories. Modernizing identity does not mean replacing everything at once. The HiBob integration works with the environment you have today and helps you move toward a more cloud-managed model over time.
This integration advances a broader Microsoft Entra strategy: bring identity lifecycle control, visibility, and governance into a unified cloud service. Microsoft Entra can serve as the control plane for workforce identity changes across hybrid and cloud environments, while IT retains control over which users are in scope, how attributes are mapped, and what actions are performed.
Figure 1: HR-driven identity lifecycle flow from HiBob through Microsoft Entra.
Choose the integration that matches your identity environment
HiBob Marketplace offers two purpose-built integrations. Choose the one that fits where your organization is in its identity modernization journey.
For hybrid identities
Use the Windows Server Active Directory (Hybrid) integration if employees still need identities in an on-premises directory. Microsoft Entra cloud provisioning sends the configured changes through the Microsoft Entra provisioning agent, while Microsoft Entra keeps provisioning visibility and governance in one place.
For cloud-only identities
Use the Microsoft Entra ID integration if you manage identities directly in the cloud. This integration automatically updates Microsoft Entra user data when changes occur in HiBob.
How the integration works
The end-to-end flow is simple:
- When an employee record changes, HiBob sends the relevant workforce data to Microsoft Entra.
- Microsoft Entra applies provisioning attribute mappings and scoping rules configured by IT.
- Microsoft Entra ID Governance can then trigger lifecycle workflows, assign birthright access through entitlement management, and initiate access reviews.
This model keeps identity changes HR-driven, IT-controlled, and cloud-managed. HR keeps employee records current in HiBob, while IT controls how Microsoft Entra processes each change. As you use Microsoft Entra source of authority capabilities to move identities toward cloud management, governance remains centralized throughout the transition.
"Workforce changes have consequences far beyond HR - from identity and access to the systems that keep the business running. Our collaboration with Microsoft connects trusted employee data in HiBob with Microsoft Entra ID and Active Directory, giving HR and IT a more coordinated way to manage those changes as organizations grow - without compromising control."
Ido Stern, Senior Vice President, Tech Platform & Engineering Excellence, HiBob
Turn workforce changes into governed lifecycle actions
When someone joins, employee and job information from HiBob can initiate identity creation in your organization’s hybrid environment. Lifecycle Workflows can automate onboarding tasks, and entitlement management can assign appropriate access through access package policies.
When someone changes roles, updates to department, manager, job title, or location flow from HiBob to Microsoft Entra. Lifecycle Workflows and other governance policies can trigger tasks and help adjust access to reflect the employee’s current role and business context.
When someone leaves, a change in employment status can initiate account deactivation and other configured Microsoft Entra lifecycle processes. Timely offboarding helps reduce lingering access to hybrid resources and cloud services.
Hear from an early customer
Novuna, a UK-based financial services company and HiBob customer, participated in the integration beta and shared its early perspective.
"During beta testing, our experience with the Microsoft Entra hybrid integration has been very positive. It shows strong potential to support our hybrid identity architecture, simplify provisioning across our existing directory environment and Microsoft Entra ID, and give us a more governed foundation for the future. The integration will streamline joiner, mover, and leaver processes… with a single flow from HiBob through Microsoft Entra and into ServiceNow, where our IT teams can complete the downstream tasks."
Chris, Automation Lead, and Alex, HR Systems Consultant, Novuna
Try the integration
Choose the HiBob integration that matches your identity environment and start by automating a high-value process, such as employee onboarding or offboarding.
Share your experience in the comments. You can also submit feedback or suggest new capabilities in the Microsoft Entra feedback forum.
Udi Milo
Partner PM, Access Management and Governance
https://www.linkedin.com/in/udimilo/
Additional resources
- Configure HiBob to Active Directory hybrid user provisioning - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn
- Microsoft Entra ID Governance documentation - Microsoft Entra ID Governance | Microsoft Learn
- Microsoft Entra ID Governance Training Hub
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