Azure AD Sign-in Error 50042

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Account Management » Azure AD Sign-in Error 50042

Error 50042 - The salt required to generate a pairwise identifier is missing in principal. Contact the tenant admin.

About Azure Activity sign-in activity reports:

Azure Active Directory's reporting tool generates 'Sign-in activity' reports that give you insights on who has performed the tasks that are enlisted in the Audit logs.

  • All Sign-in activity reports can be found under the Activity section of Azure Active Directory.
  • The default list view of Audit logs can be customized by adding additional fields.
  • The reports can also be filtered to let you view only the activities that are relevant. 
  • Here is an example of how a sign-in activity report looks like:

    azure-ad-sign-in-error-code-50042

Error description:

The salt required to generate a pairwise identifier is missing in the principal. Contact the tenant admin.

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