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AWS Aurora PostgreSQL to Azure Active Directory integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep AWS Aurora PostgreSQL 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 AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Azure Active Directory

Close the gap between your application data and your directory: AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Azure Active Directory share users, groups, and access in real time, in both directions.

Azure Active Directory is the system of record for who people are and what they can reach: users, the groups they belong to, and the applications assigned to them. AWS Aurora PostgreSQL holds the operational data those same people show up in, whether an employee or member table that decides who should have an account at all, a customers list, or the rows an application checks before it authorizes an action. The two describe overlapping users and groups, and when a nightly export or a hand-run script is all that connects them, accounts lag joiners and leavers and the application authorizes against a stale picture of who has access.

Stacksync syncs Replication slots and publications, Databases and schemas, Tables, Rows in AWS Aurora PostgreSQL with Applications, Service principals, Directory roles, Devices in Azure Active Directory field by field, in real time, and in both directions. You decide which system owns which fields, with the directory holding credentials and group membership and the database holding the source list of people who should exist at all, and Stacksync keeps every copy consistent, resolving conflicts by rules you set. A person added to a table becomes an account within seconds, a departure disables one just as fast, and the directory's users and groups are always present in your tables as ordinary rows.

Common use cases

  • 01 Keep a customer-facing Aurora database aligned with an internal admin tool, with writes accepted on both sides.
  • 02 Feed operational dashboards from a read replica while the writer handles sync traffic.
  • 03 Sync manager, department, and jobTitle from an HRIS back onto Entra ID User attributes to keep dynamic groups and Conditional Access accurate.
  • 04 Replicate Groups and their Members into a Postgres warehouse for access reviews and entitlement reporting.

Common sync patterns

Provision accounts from the source of truth

When a person is added to the employee, member, or customer table in AWS Aurora PostgreSQL, Stacksync creates the matching user in Azure Active Directory with the right attributes, so access starts from live data instead of a manual ticket.

Deprovision the moment the record changes

When someone is marked inactive or removed in AWS Aurora PostgreSQL, the matching account in Azure Active Directory is disabled within seconds, closing the window between a departure and a login that still works.

Read users and groups as ordinary tables

Users, groups, and their memberships from Azure Active Directory land in AWS Aurora PostgreSQL as rows your application and queries can join, so authorization checks and access reporting run against the database instead of the directory API.

What you can sync between AWS Aurora PostgreSQL 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.

AWS Aurora PostgreSQL objects Azure Active Directory objects How this pairing syncs
Tables The core sync unit; rows are matched across systems by primary key. Devices /devices registered or joined to the tenant; typically read-only into asset and security databases. Tables is specific to AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Devices to Azure Active Directory — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Rows Inserted, updated, and deleted in both directions during bi-directional syncs. 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. Rows is specific to AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Users to Azure Active Directory — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Columns Rich Postgres types including JSONB and arrays are mapped to the paired system's fields. Groups /groups covering security and Microsoft 365 groups; created, updated, and deleted through Graph, and read into warehouses for entitlement reporting. Columns is specific to AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Groups to Azure Active Directory — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Primary keys and constraints Identify rows for upserts and enforce integrity on sync writes. 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. Primary keys and constraints is specific to AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Group memberships to Azure Active Directory — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Views and materialized views Usable as read-only sources for filtered or precomputed sync datasets. Applications App registrations under /applications; usually read into a database or CMDB for app ownership and credential-expiry tracking. Views and materialized views is specific to AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Applications to Azure Active Directory — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Foreign keys Relationship metadata that syncs can translate into object references elsewhere. Service principals /servicePrincipals (enterprise apps) plus appRoleAssignments; read for app inventory and access-posture reporting. Foreign keys is specific to AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Service principals to Azure Active Directory — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between AWS Aurora PostgreSQL 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.

AWS Aurora PostgreSQL Azure Active Directory Sub-second propagation

DetectionChanges in AWS Aurora PostgreSQL are captured at the source via change data capture — no polling loop against its API. Log-based CDC via PostgreSQL logical replication (WAL decoding through replication slots), with timestamp polling as a fallback.

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

Azure Active Directory AWS Aurora PostgreSQL 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 AWS Aurora PostgreSQL as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.

Rate-limit considerations

  • 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 AWS Aurora PostgreSQL ⇄ Azure Active Directory

Connect AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Azure Active Directory for flexible, real-time data sync.

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

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in AWS Aurora PostgreSQL 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 AWS Aurora PostgreSQL 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 AWS Aurora PostgreSQL or Azure Active Directory record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your AWS Aurora PostgreSQL ⇄ 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 AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Azure Active Directory.

How the AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Azure Active Directory connectors work

AWS Aurora PostgreSQL

Integration surface
SQL wire protocol (PostgreSQL-compatible), standard Postgres drivers and JDBC
Authentication
Database credentials, optionally AWS IAM database authentication, over TLS
Change detection
Log-based CDC via PostgreSQL logical replication (WAL decoding through replication slots), with timestamp polling as a fallback
Capabilities
read · write · CDC

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 AWS Aurora PostgreSQL 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 AWS Aurora PostgreSQL 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
    AWS Aurora PostgreSQL connected
    Azure Active Directory connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the AWS Aurora PostgreSQL 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 · AWS Aurora PostgreSQL ⇄ 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
    AWS Aurora PostgreSQL Azure Active Directory
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
FAQ

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