feat(entra): support AdministrativeUnit membership via entitlements

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Summary

Closes #287.

Extends the Entra ID provider (IdLE.Provider.EntraID) to manage Administrative Unit (AU) memberships via the existing entitlement contract, using Kind = 'AdministrativeUnit'. No Step or Core changes are required — the implementation is fully contained within the provider.

What changed

New-IdleEntraIDAdapter.ps1

• ListUserGroups now uses the type-cast endpoint /memberOf/microsoft.graph.group (was /memberOf) to ensure groups and AUs are never mixed in the same response.
• New methods: GetAdministrativeUnitById, ListUserAdministrativeUnits, AddAdministrativeUnitMember, RemoveAdministrativeUnitMember.

New-IdleEntraIDIdentityProvider.ps1

• New ResolveAdministrativeUnit helper: validates AU exists by GUID and throws a clear, actionable error if not found. GUID-only (display-name lookup not supported for AUs).
• ListEntitlements now returns both Kind = 'Group' and Kind = 'AdministrativeUnit' entitlements.
• GrantEntitlement and RevokeEntitlement dispatch on Kind — both Group and AdministrativeUnit are supported; any other Kind throws immediately with a descriptive error.
• ResolveEntitlement extended to canonicalise Kind = 'AdministrativeUnit' entitlements.
• PruneEntitlements works automatically (step-level composition of List + Revoke; no provider changes needed).

docs/reference/providers/provider-entraID.md

• IdLE.Entitlement.List capability table extended with Kind = 'AdministrativeUnit' shape.
• New Administrative Unit entitlements section with: operations table, workflow examples (Present + Absent), constraints (GUID-only, no bulk support), Graph endpoints table.
• Required permissions table added (AdministrativeUnit.Read.All, AdministrativeUnit.ReadWrite.All).
• Troubleshooting entry for AU not found.

tests/Providers/EntraIDIdentityProvider.Tests.ps1

• Both mock adapters extended with all four new AU adapter methods.
• 8 new tests: GrantEntitlement/RevokeEntitlement result shape, idempotency, ListEntitlements reflects AU grant/revoke, combined Group+AU listing, unsupported Kind throws.
• Renamed all Fake/fake identifiers to Mock/mock throughout the file (variable names, type names, function names).

Reviewer notes

• BulkGrantEntitlements / BulkRevokeEntitlements remain Group-only — the Graph batch API uses group-specific URLs and AU bulk operations were not requested in the issue. This is documented explicitly.
• AU IDs are GUID-only by design: AU display names are not tenant-unique, making name-based lookup unsafe.
• The ListUserGroups type-cast tightening is a correctness fix: the old /memberOf endpoint returned all directory object types (including AUs, directory roles), which were all incorrectly labelled Kind = 'Group'.

Test results

864 tests passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped.

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[ntt-matthias-fleschuetz]

A resolver as for groups is missing to resolve Administrative Unit's Display Names to Ids if not given as Ids. Implement this for consistency to Kind = Group and document properly.

Additionally the test with Prune failed:
OperationStopped: C:\Users\adm-mafl-server\Downloads\idle\IdentityLifecycleEngine\src\IdLE.Core\Private\ConvertTo-IdleWorkflowSteps.ps1:114:13
Line |
114 | throw [System.InvalidOperationException]::new($errorMessa …
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| MissingStepTypeMetadata: Workflow step 'AUPrune' references step type 'IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlement' which has no metadata entry. To resolve this: (1) Import/load the step pack module (IdLE.Steps.*)
| that provides metadata for 'IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlement' via Get-IdleStepMetadataCatalog, OR (2) For host-defined/custom step types only, provide Providers.StepMetadata['IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlement'] =
| @{ RequiredCapabilities = @(...) }.

[Copilot]

A resolver as for groups is missing to resolve Administrative Unit's Display Names to Ids if not given as Ids. Implement this for consistency to Kind = Group and document properly.

Additionally the t...

Done in c81f4c7.

AU display-name resolver: Added GetAdministrativeUnitByDisplayName to the adapter and updated resolveAdministrativeUnit to fall back to display-name lookup when the input is not a GUID — consistent with group resolution. Ambiguous names (multiple AU matches) throw immediately with a clear error directing the caller to use the objectId instead. Covered by 5 new tests in a dedicated Describe 'EntraID identity provider - Administrative Unit resolution' block, plus 2 new ResolveEntitlement tests for AU by GUID and by displayName.

Prune step type: The error you saw (IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlement — singular) is a typo; the correct type name is IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlements (plural). The entraid-leaver.psd1 template already uses the correct plural form. I've also fixed the leaver template's RevokeAllGroupMemberships_Optional step which was incorrectly using EnsureEntitlement with Id = '*' (which never matches anything) — it's now correctly implemented as PruneEntitlements with Kind = 'Group' and Keep = @().

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[ntt-matthias-fleschuetz]

@copilot PruneEntitlements seems not to support Administrative Units yet:

Error : Exception calling "BulkRevokeEntitlements" with "3" argument(s): "BulkRevokeEntitlements only supports entitlements with Kind 'Group'. Received Kind 'AdministrativeUnit'."

Additionally I realized that Keep = @() syntax is a little awkward.
The Kind = is outside of Keep = already defined. Hence Within Keep = @() only a list of Ids is required, not a list of hashtables with each Kind and Id.

Instead of

Keep = @(
                    @{ Kind = <Type>; Id = '{{Request.Intent.AdministrativeUnitId}}' }
                )

or

Keep = @(
                    @{ Id = '{{Request.Intent.AdministrativeUnitId}}' }
                )

Keep = @(
                    '{{Request.Intent.AdministrativeUnitId1}}'
                    '{{Request.Intent.AdministrativeUnitId2}}'
                )

should be sufficient?
This applies to Kind = Group as well.

Also make sure that KeepPattern works with Administrative Units as well.

[Copilot]

@copilot PruneEntitlements seems not to support Administrative Units yet:

Error : Exception calling "BulkRevokeEntitlements" with "3" argument(s): "BulkRevokeEntitlements only supports entitlement...

Fixed in bdd8460.

BulkRevokeEntitlements now routes Kind = 'AdministrativeUnit' items through per-item RemoveAdministrativeUnitMember calls (no Graph batch API exists for AUs) and returns results in the same BulkProviderResult shape. Group items still use the Graph $batch path. Mixed-kind batches are accepted. Three new tests cover: AU removal returning Changed=$true, AU idempotency, and a mixed Group+AU batch in a single call.

BulkGrantEntitlements remains Group-only — the Graph batch API uses group-specific member URLs; AU grants go via the individual GrantEntitlement path.

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[ntt-matthias-fleschuetz]

@copilot Bulk doesnt seem to work anymore, I get on bulk with a case to add again:

Data          : {[Index, 0], [StepType, IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlements], [Error, Exception calling "ResolveEntitlement" with "3" argument(s): "Exception calling "ResolveAdministrativeUnit" with "2"
                argument(s): "Exception calling "GetAdministrativeUnitById" with "2" argument(s): "Exception calling "InvokeGraphRequest" with "4" argument(s): "Unable to index into an object of type
                "System.Net.Http.Headers.HttpResponseHeaders".""""]}

on a full prune I get:

Data          : {[Index, 0], [StepType, IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlements], [Error, Exception calling "ListEntitlements" with "2" argument(s): "Exception calling "ResolveIdentity" with "2" argument(s): "Exception  
                calling "GetUserByUpn" with "2" argument(s): "Exception calling "InvokeGraphRequest" with "4" argument(s): "Unable to index into an object of type  
                "System.Net.Http.Headers.HttpResponseHeaders".""""]}

Both were executed as with no administrative units assigned at all but doesn't change if AUs are assigned.

[Copilot]

@copilot Bulk doesnt seem to work anymore, I get on bulk with a case to add again:

Fixed in 7a01991. The root cause was in InvokeGraphRequest's catch block — it accessed response headers using $headers['request-id'] indexer syntax, which doesn't work with System.Net.Http.Headers.HttpResponseHeaders (the type PowerShell 7 uses when Invoke-RestMethod throws via HttpClient). This caused a secondary exception that masked the real Graph API error every time any request failed. The fix replaces the indexer access with GetValues() wrapped in try/catch (since GetValues itself throws when the header is absent). After this fix, real errors from Graph (permissions, not-found, etc.) will surface with their actual status code and request ID in the message.

[ntt-matthias-fleschuetz]

@copilot Bulk Remove works again, but not with Keep to add a non added:

• had 2 AUs assigned; Prune with no keep --> all removed
• had AU1 assigned; Prune with keep AU2 Id --> AU1 removed, non added
• had AU2 assigned; Prune with keep AU2 Id --> AU2 kept
• had AU1 assigned; Prune with keep AU2 Name --> AU1 removed, non added
• had AU2 assigned; Prune with keep AU2 Name --> AU2 kept
• no AU assigned; Prune with keep AU2 Name --> non added; changed = false

[Copilot]

@copilot Bulk Remove works again, but not with Keep to add a non added:

• had 2 AUs assigned; Prune with no keep --> all removed
• had AU1 assigned; Prune with keep AU2 Id --> AU1 removed, non added...

The behavior you're seeing is by design for IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlements — it is remove-only and never grants entitlements. When you specify Keep = @(@{ Id = '...' }), the step only protects that AU from being removed if it is already assigned. It does not add the AU if it is currently missing.

To get the "remove all other AUs AND guarantee this AU is present (grant if missing)" behavior, use IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep instead:

@{
    Name = 'PruneAdministrativeUnitMemberships'
    Type = 'IdLE.Step.PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep'   # ← EnsureKeep, not PruneEntitlements
    With = @{
        Provider        = 'Entra'
        AuthSessionName = 'Entra'
        IdentityKey     = '{{Request.IdentityKeys.UserPrincipalName}}'
        Kind            = 'AdministrativeUnit'
        Keep            = @(
            @{ Kind = 'AdministrativeUnit'; Id = '{{Request.Intent.AdministrativeUnitName}}' }
        )
    }
}

Added a PruneAdministrativeUnitMemberships_Optional example using PruneEntitlementsEnsureKeep to the leaver template in b9155cd, alongside the existing RevokeAdministrativeUnitMemberships_Optional step (which is the correct choice for full-revoke with no grants). The comment on the revoke-only step has also been clarified.

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Pull request overview

This PR extends the Entra ID provider so Administrative Unit memberships can be represented through the existing entitlement model alongside group memberships.

Changes:

• Adds AU adapter/provider methods and dispatch logic for list/grant/revoke/resolve entitlement flows.
• Updates Entra workflow templates to include Administrative Unit assignment/pruning examples.
• Expands provider documentation and tests for AU entitlement behavior.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 6 out of 6 changed files in this pull request and generated 8 comments.

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File	Description
src/IdLE.Provider.EntraID/Public/New-IdleEntraIDIdentityProvider.ps1	Adds AU resolution and entitlement handling in provider methods.
src/IdLE.Provider.EntraID/Private/New-IdleEntraIDAdapter.ps1	Adds Microsoft Graph AU lookup/list/add/remove adapter calls and tightens group member listing.
tests/Providers/EntraIDIdentityProvider.Tests.ps1	Renames test doubles and adds AU entitlement tests.
examples/workflows/templates/entraid-joiner.psd1	Adds AU assignment examples to joiner/mover template.
examples/workflows/templates/entraid-leaver.psd1	Adds AU pruning examples to leaver template.
docs/reference/providers/provider-entraID.md	Documents AU entitlements and related permissions/troubleshooting.

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src/IdLE.Provider.EntraID/Public/New-IdleEntraIDIdentityProvider.ps1:843

• ListEntitlements now always calls ListUserAdministrativeUnits, so any existing group-only EnsureEntitlement/PruneEntitlements workflow will start requiring AdministrativeUnit.Read.All even when it only manages groups. Since the common steps call ListEntitlements before filtering by Kind, this is a backward-incompatible permission regression unless the AU lookup is optional/lazy or gracefully skipped when AU permissions are unavailable.

        $aus = $this.Adapter.ListUserAdministrativeUnits($user.id, $accessToken)

src/IdLE.Provider.EntraID/Private/New-IdleEntraIDAdapter.ps1:483

• This idempotency check will not work with the real adapter because InvokeGraphRequest wraps Graph failures in a sanitized message that only includes the HTTP status/request id, not the Graph body text containing “already exists” or “already a member”. A duplicate AU grant will therefore throw instead of returning Changed=$false.

        catch {
            if ($_.Exception.Message -match 'already exists|already a member') {
                return $false

src/IdLE.Provider.EntraID/Public/New-IdleEntraIDIdentityProvider.ps1:1000

• This changes BulkRevokeEntitlements/BulkGrantEntitlements to accept AdministrativeUnit entries, but the PR description says the bulk APIs remain Group-only and that AU bulk support was not requested. Please either align the implementation/tests with that stated contract or update the PR/docs to make AU bulk support an intentional public behavior.

        # Split entitlements by kind: Groups use the Graph $batch path; AUs are processed per-item
        # (no Graph batch API exists for Administrative Unit membership changes).

src/IdLE.Provider.EntraID/Public/New-IdleEntraIDIdentityProvider.ps1:1023

• The AU revoke is executed while the method is still iterating and resolving the rest of the input. If a later entitlement has an unsupported Kind or fails resolution, the method throws after already changing earlier AU memberships, leaving callers with partial side effects and no complete per-item result; validate/resolve all entries before performing any AU mutations.

            elseif ($normalized.Kind -eq 'AdministrativeUnit') {
                $auObjectId = $this.ResolveAdministrativeUnit($normalized.Id, $AuthSession)
                $normalized.Id = $auObjectId
                try {
                    $changed = [bool]$this.Adapter.RemoveAdministrativeUnitMember($auObjectId, $user.id, $accessToken)

src/IdLE.Provider.EntraID/Public/New-IdleEntraIDIdentityProvider.ps1:1121

• The AU grant is executed during input processing before the rest of the entitlements have been validated/resolved. A later invalid entitlement can make the bulk call throw after this membership was already added, causing partial writes without a complete result set; resolve and validate the full batch before applying AU mutations.

            elseif ($normalized.Kind -eq 'AdministrativeUnit') {
                $auObjectId = $this.ResolveAdministrativeUnit($normalized.Id, $AuthSession)
                $normalized.Id = $auObjectId
                try {
                    $changed = [bool]$this.Adapter.AddAdministrativeUnitMember($auObjectId, $user.id, $accessToken)