In Microsoft Entra ID: 

1. Sign in to Microsoft Entra admin center.
   
2. In the left panel, click Entra ID, then click App registrations.
   
3. Click New registration and enter the Name for your application.
   
4. Under Supported account types, select Accounts in this organizational directory only.
   
5. Under Redirect URI, select Web from the drop-down, and enter the URL based on your DataCenter(DC) from the below table:
   
   
   

   Data Center	Redirect URI
   Japan	https://directory.zoho.jp/provision/oauth/callback
   US	https://directory.zoho.com/provision/oauth/callback
   Europe	https://directory.zoho.eu/provision/oauth/callback
   China	https://directory.zoho.com.cn/provision/oauth/callback
   India	https://directory.zoho.in/provision/oauth/callback
   Australia	https://directory.zoho.com.au/provision/oauth/callback
   UK	https://directory.zoho.uk/provision/oauth/callback
   Canada	https://directory.zohocloud.cs/provision/oauth/callback
   Saudi Arabia	https://directory.zoho.sa/provision/oauth/callback

   
   
6. Click Register. You will be redirected to the Overview page when the app is registered.
   
7. Copy the Application (client) ID, Object ID, and Directory (tenant) ID to your clipboard.
   
8. Navigate to Certificates & secrets, then click New client secret.
   
9. Enter a Description and click Add.
   
10. Copy the generated Value to your clipboard.
    

In Zoho Directory:

1. Sign in to Zoho Directory, then click Admin panel in the left menu.
   
2. Go to Directory Stores, and click Add Directory.
   
3. Click Add next to Microsoft Entra ID.
   
4. In the API INTEGRATION section, enter the Tenant ID, Object ID, Client ID, and Client Secret copied from Microsoft Entra ID, and click Next.
   
5. In the pop up that opens, provide your consent using the check box and click Accept. If you do not have an active session in the same browser, you must enter the credentials of your Microsoft Entra ID admin account to authenticate.
   
6. Under FIELD MAPPING, map the field available in Zoho Directory to the fields in Microsoft Entra ID. If you'd like all users synced from Microsoft Entra ID to have the same value for a field, map that field with a Hard-coded value. For example, if you want the value for the field 'Country' to be 'India', then you can type 'India' as a value for the Hard-coded Value.
   To map a hard-coded value with a field:
1. Click Edit next to a field.
   
2. Enter the value you need in the Hard-coded Value field.
   
3. Click OK.
   
7. Click Save and Next.
   
8. Under SETTINGS, next to Password Notification, choose how you want your users to receive their one time password. You can either send the OTP to: the user, the administrator, or notify no one. 
   

   Password Notification setting is only applicable to users whose email address has a verified domain name.
9. Once you're finished, click Save and Next.
   
10. Choose how the change in user status in Microsoft Entra ID should reflect in Zoho Directory.
    
11. Click Save and Next.
    
12. Choose if you want to receive email notifications upon user sync.
    
13. Click Save and Next.
    
14. Choose how you want to sync users from Microsoft Entra ID based on the criteria applied in Zoho Directory. You can either choose to sync specific users based on a set of criteria or all users. You can use custom attributes to set criteria. You can also set multiple criteria based on your needs.
    
15. To set criteria, select a criteria from the options, choose a relationship, and enter the criteria's value as needed. While adding more than one criteria, you can also choose to enter it manually. Click Edit, enter your condition(whether OR or AND) and click Save and Next.
    
16. Enable Schedule Sync to import users from Microsoft Entra ID automatically at a specified time interval. Choose how often the sync should run on daily, weekly, or monthly, and set the preferred time in the Sync Interval.
    
17. Once done, click Save and Next.
    
18. Under IMPORT USERS, all users (except deleted users) will be fetched and shown depending on the chosen criteria. Select the required users and click Import. The import summary will be displayed upon completion. Click Finish.
    

    If you select more than 200 users, users will be staged, and it might take time to list the users. Once finished, you can either view it or clear it for re-import.