In this article, you'll learn how to integrate Arena EU with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Arena EU with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:
Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Arena EU.
Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Arena EU 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.
Arena EU single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
Along with Cloud Application Administrator, Application Administrator can also add or manage applications in Microsoft Entra ID.
For more information, see Azure built-in roles.
Scenario description
In this article, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.
Arena EU supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.
Bemærk
Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.
Add Arena EU from the gallery
To configure the integration of Arena EU into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Arena EU from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
In the Add from the gallery section, type Arena EU in the search box.
Select Arena EU 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. You can learn more about O365 wizards here.
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Arena EU
Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Arena EU 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 at Arena EU.
To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Arena EU, perform the following steps:
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Arena EU > Single sign-on.
On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.
On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.
On the Basic SAML Configuration section, the user does not have to perform any step as the app is already pre-integrated with Azure.
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.europe.arenaplm.com/
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.
On the Set up Arena EU section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.
Create a Microsoft Entra test user
In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.
In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
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.
In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.
Configure Arena EU SSO
To configure single sign-on on Arena EU side, you need to send the downloaded Certificate (Base64) and appropriate copied URLs from the application configuration to Arena EU support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.
Create Arena EU test user
In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon at Arena EU. Work with Arena EU support team to add the users in the Arena EU platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.
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 Arena EU Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to Arena EU 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 Arena EU 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 Arena EU 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 Arena EU for which you set up the SSO. For more information, see Microsoft Entra My Apps.
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