Microsoft Entra integration with SimpleNexus

In this article, you learn how to integrate SimpleNexus with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate SimpleNexus with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

• Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to SimpleNexus.
• Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to SimpleNexus with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
• Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

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:
  • Application Administrator
  • Cloud Application Administrator
  • Application Owner.

• SimpleNexus single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra single sign-on in a test environment.

• SimpleNexus supports SP initiated SSO.

Add SimpleNexus from the gallery

To configure the integration of SimpleNexus into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add SimpleNexus from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
3. In the Add from the gallery section, type SimpleNexus in the search box.
4. Select SimpleNexus 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 for SimpleNexus

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with SimpleNexus 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 SimpleNexus.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with SimpleNexus, perform the following steps:

1. Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
   1. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
   2. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
2. Configure SimpleNexus SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
   1. Create SimpleNexus test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in SimpleNexus that's linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO.

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > SimpleNexus > Single sign-on.

3. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

4. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, select the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

   

5. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

   a. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://simplenexus.com/<COMPANY_NAME>_login

   b. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://simplenexus.com/<COMPANY_NAME>

   ملاحظة

   These values aren't real. Update these values with the actual Sign on URL and Identifier. Contact SimpleNexus Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, select Download to download the Federation Metadata XML from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

   

7. On the Set up SimpleNexus section, copy the appropriate URL(s) as per your requirement.

   

Create and assign Microsoft Entra test user

Follow the guidelines in the create and assign a user account quickstart to create a test user account called B.Simon.

Configure SimpleNexus SSO

To configure single sign-on on SimpleNexus side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to SimpleNexus support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create SimpleNexus test user

In order to enable Microsoft Entra users to log in to SimpleNexus, they must be provisioned into SimpleNexus. In the case of SimpleNexus, provisioning is a manual task performed by the tenant administrator.

ملاحظة

You can use any other SimpleNexus user account creation tools or APIs provided by SimpleNexus to provision Microsoft Entra user accounts.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

• Select Test this application, this option redirects to SimpleNexus Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

• Go to SimpleNexus Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

• You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you select the SimpleNexus tile in the My Apps, this option redirects to SimpleNexus Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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