Tutorial: Integrate Freedcamp with Microsoft Entra ID

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

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Freedcamp.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Freedcamp 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.
  • Freedcamp single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Note

This integration is also available to use from Microsoft Entra US Government Cloud environment. You can find this application in the Microsoft Entra US Government Cloud Application Gallery and configure it in the same way as you do from public cloud.

Scenario description

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

  • Freedcamp supports SP and IDP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Freedcamp using a test user called Britta Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in Freedcamp.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Freedcamp, 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 Freedcamp SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create Freedcamp test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Freedcamp 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 > Freedcamp application integration page, find the Manage section and select 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, if you wish to configure the application in IDP initiated mode, perform the following steps:

    1. In the Identifier text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.freedcamp.com/sso/<UNIQUEID>

    2. In the Reply URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.freedcamp.com/sso/acs/<UNIQUEID>

  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 a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.freedcamp.com/login

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Identifier, Reply URL and Sign-on URL. Users can also enter the URL values with respect to their own customer domain and they may not be necessarily of the pattern freedcamp.com, they can enter any customer domain specific value, specific to their application instance. Also you can contact Freedcamp Client support team for further information on URL patterns.

  7. 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.

    The Certificate download link

  8. On the Set up Freedcamp section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll create a test user called Britta 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 Britta Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to Freedcamp.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Freedcamp.
  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 Britta 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 Freedcamp SSO

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

  2. On the top-right corner of the page, click on profile and then navigate to My Account.

    Screenshot that shows "Profile" and "My Account" selected.

  3. From the left side of the menu bar, click on SSO and on the Your SSO connections page perform the following steps:

    Screenshot that shows "S S O" selected in the left-side menu bar and the "Your S S O connections" page with values entered and the "Submit" button selected.

    a. In the Title text box, type the title.

    b. In the Entity ID text box, Paste the Microsoft Entra Identifier value, which you copied previously.

    c. In the Login URL text box, Paste the Login URL value, which you copied previously.

    d. Open the Base64 encoded certificate in notepad, copy its content and paste it into the Certificate text box.

    e. Click Submit.

Create Freedcamp test user

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

To provision a user account, perform the following steps:

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to Freedcamp as a Security Administrator.

  2. On the top-right corner of the page, click on profile and then navigate to Manage System.

    Freedcamp configuration

  3. On the right side of the Manage System page, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot that shows the "Add Or Invite Users" button selected, the "Email" field highlighted, and the "Add User" button selected.

    a. Click on Add or invite Users.

    b. In the Email text box, enter the email of user like Brittasimon@contoso.com.

    c. Click Add User.

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 Freedcamp Sign on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Freedcamp 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 Freedcamp 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 Freedcamp 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 Freedcamp for which you set up the SSO. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure Freedcamp 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.