diff --git a/busManager/busManager/settings.py b/busManager/busManager/settings.py
index f2a21af..6411703 100644
--- a/busManager/busManager/settings.py
+++ b/busManager/busManager/settings.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.environ.get('ALLOWED_HOSTS').split(' ')
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'coord.apps.CoordConfig',
     # 'mail_templates.apps.MailTemplatesConfig',
+    'custom_user.apps.CustomUserConfig',
     'django.contrib.admin',
     'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     'import_export',
     'rangefilter',
-    'azure_auth',
 ]
 
 TWILIO = {
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
 ]
 
 if "AZURE_CLIENT_ID" in os.environ:
-    AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ("azure_auth.backends.AzureBackend",)
-    MIDDLEWARE.append('azure_auth.middleware.AzureMiddleware')
+    AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ("custom_user.backends.AzureBackend",)
+    MIDDLEWARE.append('custom_user.middleware.AzureMiddleware')
     LOGIN_URL = "/azure_auth/login"
     AZURE_AUTH = {
         "CLIENT_ID": os.environ.get('AZURE_CLIENT_ID'),
diff --git a/busManager/custom_user/apps.py b/busManager/custom_user/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bec882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/busManager/custom_user/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class CustomUserConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+    name = 'custom_user'
diff --git a/busManager/custom_user/backends.py b/busManager/custom_user/backends.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b19bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/busManager/custom_user/backends.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend
+
+from .handlers import AuthHandler
+
+
+class AzureBackend(ModelBackend):
+    def authenticate(self, request, token=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not token:  # pragma: no cover
+            return
+        user = AuthHandler(request).authenticate(token)
+
+        # Return only if `is_active`
+        if self.user_can_authenticate(user):
+            return user
diff --git a/busManager/custom_user/exceptions.py b/busManager/custom_user/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11ff097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/busManager/custom_user/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class DjangoAzureAuthException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class TokenError(DjangoAzureAuthException):
+    def __init__(self, message, description):
+        self.message = message if message else ""
+        self.description = description if description else ""
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"{self.message}\n{self.description}"
diff --git a/busManager/custom_user/handlers.py b/busManager/custom_user/handlers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9e332f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/busManager/custom_user/handlers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+from http import HTTPStatus
+
+import msal
+import requests
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+
+from .exceptions import DjangoAzureAuthException, TokenError
+
+UserModel = get_user_model()
+
+
+class AuthHandler:
+    """
+    Class to interface with `msal` package and execute authentication process.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, request=None):
+        """
+
+        :param request: HttpRequest
+        """
+        self.request = request
+        self.graph_user_endpoint = "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me"
+        self.auth_flow_session_key = "auth_flow"
+        self._cache = msal.SerializableTokenCache()
+        self._msal_app = None
+
+    def get_auth_uri(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Requests the auth flow dictionary and stores it on the session to be
+        queried later in the auth process.
+
+        :return: Authentication redirect URI
+        """
+        # TODO: Handle if user has put incorrect details in settings
+        flow = self.msal_app.initiate_auth_code_flow(
+            scopes=settings.AZURE_AUTH["SCOPES"],
+            redirect_uri=settings.AZURE_AUTH["REDIRECT_URI"],
+        )
+        self.request.session[self.auth_flow_session_key] = flow
+        return flow["auth_uri"]
+
+    def get_token_from_flow(self) -> dict:
+        """
+        Acquires the token from the auth flow on the session and the content of
+        the redirect request from Active Directory.
+
+        :return: Token result containing `access_token`/`id_token` and other
+        claims, depending on scopes used
+        """
+        flow = self.request.session.pop(self.auth_flow_session_key, {})
+        token_result = self.msal_app.acquire_token_by_auth_code_flow(
+            auth_code_flow=flow, auth_response=self.request.GET
+        )
+        if "error" in token_result:
+            raise TokenError(token_result["error"], token_result["error_description"])
+        self._save_cache()
+        self.request.session["id_token_claims"] = token_result["id_token_claims"]
+        return token_result
+
+    def get_token_from_cache(self):
+        accounts = self.msal_app.get_accounts()
+        if accounts:  # pragma: no branch
+            # Will return `None` if CCA cannot retrieve or generate new token
+            token_result = self.msal_app.acquire_token_silent(
+                scopes=settings.AZURE_AUTH["SCOPES"], account=accounts[0]
+            )
+            self._save_cache()
+            return token_result
+
+    def authenticate(self, token: dict) -> UserModel:
+        """
+        Helper method to authenticate the user. Gets the Azure user from the
+        Microsoft Graph endpoint and gets/creates the associated Django user.
+
+        :param token: MSAL auth token dictionary
+        :return: Django user instance
+        """
+        azure_user = self._get_azure_user(token["access_token"])
+
+        # Allow for `outlook.com` users with email set on the
+        # `userPrincipalName` attribute
+        email = (
+            azure_user["mail"]
+            if azure_user.get("mail", None)
+            else azure_user["userPrincipalName"]
+        )
+
+        # Using `UserModel._default_manager.get_by_natural_key` handles custom
+        # user model and `USERNAME_FIELD` setting
+        try:
+            user = UserModel._default_manager.get_by_natural_key(email)
+        except UserModel.DoesNotExist:
+            return None
+
+        # TODO: Handle groups
+        return user
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_logout_uri() -> str:
+        """
+        Forms the URI to log the user out in the Active Directory app and
+        redirect to the webapp logout page.
+
+        :return: Active Directory app logout URI
+        """
+        authority = settings.AZURE_AUTH["AUTHORITY"]
+        logout_uri = settings.AZURE_AUTH.get("LOGOUT_URI", "")
+        if logout_uri:
+            return (
+                f"{authority}/oauth2/v2.0/logout?post_logout_redirect_uri={logout_uri}"
+            )
+        return f"{authority}/oauth2/v2.0/logout"
+
+    @property
+    def msal_app(self):
+        if self._msal_app is None:
+            self._msal_app = msal.ConfidentialClientApplication(
+                client_id=settings.AZURE_AUTH["CLIENT_ID"],
+                client_credential=settings.AZURE_AUTH["CLIENT_SECRET"],
+                authority=settings.AZURE_AUTH["AUTHORITY"],
+                token_cache=self.cache,
+            )
+        return self._msal_app
+
+    @property
+    def cache(self):
+        if self.request.session.get("token_cache"):
+            self._cache.deserialize(self.request.session["token_cache"])
+        return self._cache
+
+    def _save_cache(self):
+        if self.cache.has_state_changed:
+            self.request.session["token_cache"] = self.cache.serialize()
+
+    def _get_azure_user(self, token: str):
+        resp = requests.get(
+            self.graph_user_endpoint, headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}
+        )
+        if resp.ok:
+            return resp.json()
+        elif resp.status_code == HTTPStatus.UNAUTHORIZED:
+            error = resp.json()["error"]
+            raise TokenError(message=error["code"], description=error["message"])
+        else:  # pragma: no cover
+            raise DjangoAzureAuthException("An unknown error occurred.")
diff --git a/busManager/custom_user/middleware.py b/busManager/custom_user/middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5645cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/busManager/custom_user/middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.shortcuts import redirect
+from django.urls import reverse
+
+from .handlers import AuthHandler
+
+
+class AzureMiddleware:
+    def __init__(self, get_response):
+        self.get_response = get_response
+
+    def __call__(self, request):
+        public_views = ["azure_auth:login", "azure_auth:logout", "azure_auth:callback"]
+        public_views.extend(settings.AZURE_AUTH.get("PUBLIC_URLS", []))
+        public_urls = [reverse(view_name) for view_name in public_views]
+        public_paths = settings.AZURE_AUTH.get(
+            "PUBLIC_PATHS", []
+        )  # added to resolve paths
+
+        if request.path_info in public_urls:
+            return self.get_response(request)
+
+        # Added to resolve paths that can't be reversed
+        for path in public_paths:
+            if request.path_info.startswith(path):
+                return self.get_response(request)
+
+        if AuthHandler(request).get_token_from_cache():
+            # If the user is authenticated
+            if request.user.is_authenticated:
+                return self.get_response(request)
+        return redirect("azure_auth:login")
diff --git a/busManager/custom_user/urls.py b/busManager/custom_user/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c041aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/busManager/custom_user/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from django.urls import path
+
+from .views import azure_auth_callback, azure_auth_login, azure_auth_logout
+
+app_name = "azure_auth"
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("login", azure_auth_login, name="login"),
+    path("logout", azure_auth_logout, name="logout"),
+    path("callback", azure_auth_callback, name="callback"),
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/busManager/custom_user/views.py b/busManager/custom_user/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c54d4bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/busManager/custom_user/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login, logout
+from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden, HttpResponseRedirect
+
+from .handlers import AuthHandler
+
+
+def azure_auth_login(request):
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(AuthHandler(request).get_auth_uri())
+
+
+def azure_auth_logout(request):
+    logout(request)
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(AuthHandler.get_logout_uri())
+
+
+def azure_auth_callback(request):
+    token = AuthHandler(request).get_token_from_flow()
+    user = authenticate(request, token=token)
+    if user:
+        login(request, user)
+    else:
+        return HttpResponseForbidden("Invalid email for this app.")
+    return HttpResponseRedirect(settings.LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6958f2b..e7fb18f 100644
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