{"id":2156,"date":"2025-07-23T08:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T07:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasperjohansen.net\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2025-07-23T12:49:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T11:49:30","slug":"how-to-automate-global-secure-access-private-access-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kasperjohansen.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/how-to-automate-global-secure-access-private-access-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"How to automate Global Secure Access Private Access applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Automation has been a large part of my career as a consultant. Small scripts to solve mundane tasks during user logon or Windows startup is a way of automating tasks, another way is to install or configure Windows and applications in Windows. Speaking of applications, make sure to read my article about how to deploy and configure the Global Secure Access Client using Microsoft Intune and Powershell AppDeploy Toolkit<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I have been working with Global Secure Access for quite some time, I wanted to explore the possibilities of automating certain elements of Global Secure Access, specifically the application creation part. Creating an application in Global Secure Access involves a certain level of clicking around in the Entra admin center portal and if you are creating a lot of applications it may become a bit tedious using the manual approach. If you are just starting with Global Secure Access make sure to read my article about how to get started with Global Secure Access<\/a>, this will among other things, cover how to manually create an application in the Entra admin center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was recently on an assignment which brought me out of my comfort zone, a good thing to do from time to time as it may provide new ways of looking at certain tasks or maybe even learn new stuff, for me it was the latter. In this case the assignment was to provide information about how to create, update and delete a Global Secure Access Private Access application using the Microsoft Graph API.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before this assignment, I had never worked with the Microsoft Graph API or any other API for that matter, so this was completely unknown territory for me. I was not able to find much information about how to approach the task of creating, updating and deleting Global Secure Access Private Access applications, using Microsoft Graph API. However, using the documentation provided by Microsoft on the Graph API<\/a>, I was able to at least get a sense of what to do and how to approach it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article I have gathered and documented what I have learned about Microsoft Graph API and how to use the API with Global Secure Access Private Access. I’ll provide Powershell scripts to create, update and delete a Private Access application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before going any further, I want to mention that Powershell modules to manage Global Secure Access Private Access do exist and you can find more information about the module and commands on the Global Secure Access – Community Resources Hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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