topic Re: CIE sync Entra Group to all DC NGFW in Cloud Identity Engine Discussions

CIE sync Entra Group to all DC NGFW

VLim — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:56:53 GMT

Hi All,

Current I had 2 pair firewall sit at different location and integrated with CIE.

GP always on to DC-1 without any issue by using Entra ID grouping , since authenticated at DC-1 so DC-2 doesnt contain any user ip mapping information, so the security policies with groupping don work.

What I tried

1. Data redistribution

- It work with user ip mapping, but user groupping information store at data plane and Data Redistribution only redistribute mgmt plane information which doesnt contain any group information, FW doesnt smart enough to match the username with CIE to retrieve details

2. Cloud Dynamic Group
- User doesnt want to manage anything, so just require follow the Entra Grouping.

Any idea what feature to explore that once user authenticated at DC-1, all the group and ip mapping infor sync to DC-2

Re: CIE sync Entra Group to all DC NGFW

timo42heren — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:12:39 GMT

Check whether both firewalls are registered to the same CIE tenant and configured to retrieve the same Entra ID group information. The firewall that authenticates the user should not be the only source of identity data.

Re: CIE sync Entra Group to all DC NGFW

SutareMayur — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:19:35 GMT

Hi @VLim GP connection is one of the way to get user-ip mapping on to the firewall. CIE gives you ability to map user/user-group based security policies.

I would check,

1. DC-2 is able to synch with CIE properly. This will fetch all the users and user-groups from CIE to this firewall. If not, you need to fix the issue.

As mentioned in earlier response, firewall should be under same CSP tenant where CIE is deployed to fetch it successfully.

You can review logs related to CIE sync and fetch using cli command,

tail follow yes mp-log dscd.log

2. Does GP VPN connection is also terminated on the DC-2 firewall? If yes, you user-ip mapping should work without any issues.