When using Entra and VIDM, UI works but API does not work when authenticating

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

For environments using Entra (Azure AD) and VIDM with Workspace One, users are able to log into the NSX manager UI using an Entra ID but connection using the web API fails. 

Environment

VIDM 3.3.x

Cause

NSX Manager does not support SSO with Azure through the web. For example if you try to access the auth API 

    response = requests.request(
        "GET",
        url,
        data=json.dumps(None),
        headers=headers,
        auth=(username, password),
        verify=False,
        timeout=3600)
    return response

This will not work as this is not supported. Additionally, you cannot use SSO using CLI with an environment using VIDM and NSX and Azure. 

Resolution

No resolution, this is unsupported.