Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Applitools Eyes

In this article, you'll learn how to integrate Applitools Eyes with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Applitools Eyes with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

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

Prerequisites

To integrate Microsoft Entra ID with Applitools Eyes, you need:

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

Scenario description

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

• Applitools Eyes supports only SP initiated SSO.
• Applitools Eyes supports Just In Time 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.

Add Applitools Eyes from the gallery

To configure the integration of Applitools Eyes into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Applitools Eyes 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 Applitools Eyes in the search box.
4. Select Applitools Eyes 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 Applitools Eyes

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Applitools Eyes 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 Applitools Eyes.

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

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

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

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

2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Applitools Eyes > 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.

   

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

   a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a value using the following pattern: <SUBDOMAIN>.applitools.com

   b. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.applitools.com

   c. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.applitools.com

   d. In the Logout URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.applitools.com/api/auth/logout

   Bemærk

   These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL, Sign on URL and Logout URL. Contact Applitools Eyes support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Microsoft Entra admin center.

6. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Certificate (Base64) and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

   

7. On the Set up Applitools Eyes section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

   

Create a Microsoft Entra ID test user

In this section, you'll create a test user in the Microsoft Entra admin center 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 ID test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on by granting access to Applitools Eyes.

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Applitools Eyes.
3. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
4. Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
   1. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
   2. If you are expecting a role to be assigned to the users, you can select it from the Select a role dropdown. If no role has been set up for this app, you see "Default Access" role selected.
   3. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Applitools Eyes SSO

To configure single sign-on on Applitools Eyes side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Base64) and appropriate copied URLs from Microsoft Entra admin center to Applitools Eyes support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Applitools Eyes test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Applitools Eyes. Applitools Eyes supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There is no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in Applitools Eyes, a new one is created after authentication.

Test SSO

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

• Click on Test this application in Microsoft Entra admin center. This will redirect to Applitools Eyes Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

• You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the Applitools Eyes tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to Applitools Eyes Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

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