Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with Robin
In this article, you learn how to integrate Robin with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Robin with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:
- Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Robin.
- Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Robin with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
- Manage your accounts in one central location.
The scenario outlined in this article assumes that you already have the following prerequisites:
- A Microsoft Entra user account with an active subscription. If you don't already have one, you can Create an account for free.
- One of the following roles:
- Robin single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.
- Robin supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.
- Robin supports Just In Time user provisioning.
- Robin supports Automated user provisioning.
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Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.
To configure the integration of Robin into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Robin from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.
- Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
- Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
- In the Add from the gallery section, type Robin in the search box.
- Select Robin from results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.
Alternatively, you can also use the Enterprise App Configuration Wizard. In this wizard, you can add an application to your tenant, add users/groups to the app, assign roles, and walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Robin using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in Robin.
To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Robin, perform the following steps:
- Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
- Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
- Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
- Configure Robin SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
- Create Robin test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Robin that's linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
- Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.
Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO.
Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Robin > Single sign-on.
On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.
On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, select the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.
On the Basic SAML Configuration section the application is pre-configured in IDP initiated mode and the necessary URLs are already pre-populated with Azure. The user needs to save the configuration by selecting the Save button.
Select Set additional URLs and perform the following step if you wish to configure the application in SP initiated mode:
In the Sign-on URL text box, type the URL:
https://dashboard.robinpowered.com/Robin application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes.
In addition to above, Robin application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirement.
Name Source Attribute FirstName user.givenname LastName user.surname Email user.mail On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Certificate (Raw) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.
On the Set up Robin section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.
Follow the guidelines in the create and assign a user account quickstart to create a test user account called B.Simon.
To configure single sign-on on Robin side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Raw) and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Robin support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.
In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Robin. Robin supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There's no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in Robin, a new one is created after authentication.
Robin also supports automatic user provisioning, you can find more details here on how to configure automatic user provisioning.
In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.
Select Test this application, this option redirects to Robin Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to Robin Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.
- Select Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the Robin for which you set up the SSO.
You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you select the Robin tile in the My Apps, if configured in SP mode you would be redirected to the application sign on page for initiating the login flow and if configured in IDP mode, you should be automatically signed in to the Robin for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.
Once you configure Robin you can enforce session control, which protects exfiltration and infiltration of your organization’s sensitive data in real time. Session control extends from Conditional Access. Learn how to enforce session control with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.