Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect and Azure AD – AADSTS700016: Application with identifier was not found in the directory.

When setting up a GlobalProtect Portal/Gateway with AzureAD you may find you receive the error message: AADSTS700016: Application with identifier <Entity ID> was not found in the directory ‘<Directory ID>’. The fix here is easy – the GlobalProtect client injects a :443 at the end of the domain name which isn’t mentioned in the guide from Microsoft (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/palo-alto-networks-globalprotect-tutorial) but is… Read more



PAN-OS and Connections Per Second in PRTG

If you are looking to build out Zone Protection Profiles on your Palo Alto Networks Next Generation Firewall then it can be handy to know just what your connections per second metrics look over time for each zone. Quite lucky Palo Alto Networks have a little (although not entirely descript) guide on where you can get this data – https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/zone-protection-and-dos-protection/zone-defense/take-baseline-cps-measurements-for-setting-flood-thresholds/how-to-measure-cps.html…. Read more