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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Watch by Colors

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Watch by Colors with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Watch by Colors with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

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

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • Watch by Colors single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.

  • Watch by Colors supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of Watch by Colors into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Watch by Colors 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 Watch by Colors in the search box.
  4. Select Watch by Colors 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, as well as walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Watch by Colors

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Watch by Colors 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 Watch by Colors.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Watch by Colors, 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 Watch by Colors SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Watch by Colors test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Watch by Colors that is 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 > Watch by Colors > 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, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  5. 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 clicking the Save button.

  6. Click 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://app.colorscorporation.com/login

  7. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
  3. Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
  4. In the User properties, follow these steps:
    1. In the Display name field, enter B.Simon.
    2. In the User principal name field, enter the username@companydomain.extension. For example, B.Simon@contoso.com.
    3. Select the Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.
    4. Select Review + create.
  5. Select Create.

Assign the Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to Watch by Colors.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Watch by Colors.
  3. In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
  5. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
  6. If you're expecting any role value in the SAML assertion, in the Select Role dialog, select the appropriate role for the user from the list and then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
  7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Watch by Colors SSO

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to your Watch by Colors company site as an administrator

  2. On the top-right corner of the page, click on profile > Account Settings > SSO (Single Sign On).

    Screenshot shows the Account Settings page where S S O is disabled.

  3. On the SSO (Single Sign On) page, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the SAML Setup tab where you can enable SAML.

    a. Toggle Enable SAML to ON.

    b. In the URL text box, paste the Federation Metadata Url.

    c. Click Import, then the following fields get auto-populated automatically on the page.

    d. Click Save.

Create Watch by Colors test user

To enable Microsoft Entra users to sign in to Watch by Colors, they must be provisioned into Watch by Colors. In Watch by Colors, provisioning is a manual task.

To provision a user account, perform the following steps:

  1. Sign in to Watch by Colors as a Security Administrator.

  2. On the top-right corner of the page, click on profile > Users > Add User.

    Screenshot shows the Users page.

  3. On the User Details page, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the User Details where you can enter the values described.

    a. In First Name text box, enter the first name of user like B.

    b. In Last Name text box, enter the last name of user like Simon.

    c. In Email text box, enter the email of user like B.Simon@contoso.com.

    d. In Password text box, enter the password.

    e. Select Account Permissions as per your organization.

    f. Click Save.

Test SSO

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

SP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Watch by Colors Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

IDP initiated:

  • Click on Test this application, and you should be automatically signed in to the Watch by Colors for which you set up the SSO.

You can also use Microsoft My Apps to test the application in any mode. When you click the Watch by Colors 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 Watch by Colors for which you set up the SSO. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Watch by Colors 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.