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Apache Pinot to Azure Active Directory integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep Apache Pinot and Azure Active Directory in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect Apache Pinot and Azure Active Directory

Land the users, groups, and access events from Azure Active Directory in Apache Pinot continuously for security analytics, and write computed results back — without building or maintaining a pipeline.

Azure Active Directory is the record of who exists and what they can reach; Apache Pinot is where the business measures everything else. The two overlap on people and their access — the same users, groups, roles, and events that Azure Active Directory governs are what security, compliance, and analytics teams want to query in Apache Pinot. Getting them there usually means a brittle export that runs overnight and hands auditors a snapshot that is already out of date.

Stacksync syncs Service principals, Directory roles, Devices, Users from Azure Active Directory into tables in Apache Pinot in real time, and the connection works in both directions: values computed in Apache Pinot, such as risk scores or access-review decisions, can be written back to attributes in Azure Active Directory where the identity team acts on them. Schema changes are handled, API limits are managed, and the sync is something you configure rather than a pipeline you keep alive.

Common use cases

  • 01 Keep upsert-enabled real-time tables aligned with mutable operational records streamed from source systems.
  • 02 Query per-account usage metrics from Pinot and sync them into CRM fields so sales sees product activity.
  • 03 Replicate Groups and their Members into a Postgres warehouse for access reviews and entitlement reporting.
  • 04 Mirror Applications and Service principals into a database or CMDB to track app ownership and credential expiry.

Common sync patterns

Access and sign-in analytics

Sign-in and access events from Azure Active Directory land in Apache Pinot, so security and compliance teams can query who reached what, and when, alongside the rest of the business's data.

Access governance on joined data

Join Azure Active Directory's users and group memberships with HR, product, and usage data already in Apache Pinot to surface who holds access they no longer need.

Queryable history for audit and compliance

A continuously synced copy in Apache Pinot gives you a durable, queryable record of identity and access state for access reviews, SOC 2, and audit questions.

What you can sync between Apache Pinot and Azure Active Directory

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

Apache Pinot objects Azure Active Directory objects How this pairing syncs
Segments Immutable data files that batch ingestion uploads and the cluster serves. Service principals /servicePrincipals (enterprise apps) plus appRoleAssignments; read for app inventory and access-posture reporting. Segments is specific to Apache Pinot and Service principals to Azure Active Directory — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Real-time Tables Tables fed continuously from streams like Kafka, including upsert-enabled tables. Directory roles /directoryRoles and roleManagement assignments; read for privileged-access reviews, with role-assignment writes where the granted scopes permit. Real-time Tables is specific to Apache Pinot and Directory roles to Azure Active Directory — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Offline Tables Batch-loaded tables merged with real-time data at query time. Devices /devices registered or joined to the tenant; typically read-only into asset and security databases. Offline Tables is specific to Apache Pinot and Devices to Azure Active Directory — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Indexes Inverted, range, and star-tree indexes that determine which sync queries run at low latency. Users /users in Microsoft Graph; synced two-way — profile attributes, accountEnabled, and assignedLicenses are read out while provisioning writes (create, update, disable, delete) are pushed back. Indexes is specific to Apache Pinot and Users to Azure Active Directory — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Tenants Logical groupings that isolate workloads on shared clusters. Groups /groups covering security and Microsoft 365 groups; created, updated, and deleted through Graph, and read into warehouses for entitlement reporting. Tenants is specific to Apache Pinot and Groups to Azure Active Directory — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Tables The queryable unit, defined as offline, real-time, or hybrid; the main read target. Group memberships Member and owner relationships on /groups/{id}/members; added and removed via the $ref endpoint and tracked for changes with delta query on $select=members. Tables is specific to Apache Pinot and Group memberships to Azure Active Directory — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between Apache Pinot and Azure Active Directory

Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.

Apache Pinot Azure Active Directory Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls Apache Pinot for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. Data enters Pinot via streaming ingestion or segment upload, not row-level writes.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to Azure Active Directory through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Azure Active Directory Apache Pinot Sub-second propagation

DetectionAzure Active Directory notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Microsoft Graph delta query (deltaLink tokens returning only changed users and groups, with @removed deletions) paired with change-notification.

DeliveryEach detected change is applied to Apache Pinot as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.

Rate-limit considerations

  • Apache Pinot: No fixed API quotas; query throughput depends on broker and server sizing.
  • Azure Active Directory: Resource-unit throttling: roughly 8,000 ResourceUnits per 10 seconds per app for reads on tenants over 500 users, writes near 3,000 requests per 2.5 minutes; 429 responses include a Retry-After header.
What ships with Apache Pinot ⇄ Azure Active Directory

Connect Apache Pinot and Azure Active Directory for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Apache Pinot–Azure Active Directory connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in Apache Pinot or Azure Active Directory instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Apache Pinot or Azure Active Directory data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single Apache Pinot or Azure Active Directory record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Apache Pinot ⇄ Azure Active Directory sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Apache Pinot and Azure Active Directory.

How the Apache Pinot and Azure Active Directory connectors work

Apache Pinot

Integration surface
REST API (SQL queries via the broker; administration via the controller); JDBC client available
Authentication
Deployment-dependent: HTTP basic authentication or token-based auth where enabled
Change detection
Not applicable for reads out (polling by time column); data enters Pinot via streaming ingestion or segment upload, not row-level writes
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
No fixed API quotas; query throughput depends on broker and server sizing

Azure Active Directory

Integration surface
Microsoft Graph REST API (v1.0)
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 via the Microsoft identity platform using an Entra ID app registration; app-only (client credentials) or delegated flows, with directory scopes such as User.ReadWrite.All and Group.ReadWrite.All requiring tenant admin consent
Change detection
Microsoft Graph delta query (deltaLink tokens returning only changed users and groups, with @removed deletions) paired with change-notification webhook subscriptions for near-real-time push
Capabilities
read · write · webhooks
Rate limits
Resource-unit throttling: roughly 8,000 ResourceUnits per 10 seconds per app for reads on tenants over 500 users, writes near 3,000 requests per 2.5 minutes; 429 responses include a Retry-After header
How it works

How to connect Apache Pinot to Azure Active Directory — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate Apache Pinot and Azure Active Directory with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    Apache Pinot connected
    Azure Active Directory connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Apache Pinot and Azure Active Directory objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · Apache Pinot ⇄ Azure Active Directory
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    Apache Pinot Azure Active Directory
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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