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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with ScreenSteps

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

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

Scenario description

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

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ScreenSteps 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 ScreenSteps.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with ScreenSteps, 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 ScreenSteps SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create ScreenSteps test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in ScreenSteps 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 > ScreenSteps > 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.

    Screenshot shows to edit Basic SAML Configuration.

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

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<tenantname>.ScreenSteps.com

    Note

    This value is not real. Update this value with the actual Sign-On URL, which is explained later in this tutorial.

  6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Download to download the Certificate (Base64) from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot shows the Certificate download link.

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

    Screenshot shows to copy configuration URLs.

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 ScreenSteps.

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

  1. Log in to ScreenSteps company site as an administrator.

  2. Go to Account Settings > Site Access.

    Screenshot that shows the path.

  3. Click the pencil icon in the Content Management and Admin Centers and select SAML as identity provider from the drop down.

    Screenshot that shows Configuration.

    a. In the Remote Login URL field, paste the Login URL which you copied from the Microsoft Entra admin center.

    b. In the Logout URL field, paste the Logout URL which you copied from the Microsoft Entra admin center.

    c. Copy SAML Consumer URL value, paste this value into the Sign-on URL text box in the Basic SAML Configuration section in Microsoft Entra admin center.

    d. Copy Entity ID value, paste this value into the Identifier (Entity ID) text box in the Basic SAML Configuration section in Microsoft Entra admin center.

    e. Click Save.

Note

To configure Single Sign-on in Screensteps, Please refer How to Set up Single Sign-on. This article will guide you through the steps of setting up ScreenSteps to work with Microsoft Entra ID. After answering a few questions in the help article you will be asked to "Select how you will set up SSO". Select Microsoft Entra ID and continue on with Configure Microsoft Entra SSO.

Create ScreenSteps test user

In this section, you create a user called Britta Simon in ScreenSteps. Work with ScreenSteps Client support team to add the users in the ScreenSteps 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.

  • Switch to the Testing and Activation tab in ScreenSteps.

  • Click the Save & Copy button to copy the SAML Test URL to the clipboard.

  • Open an Incognito browser window and paste the URL in.

  • Login with the B.Simon@contoso.com test user you created in the previous step. You should be granted access to ScreenSteps and B.Simon@contoso.com should appear in the list of Users in ScreenSteps.

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

Next steps

Once you configure ScreenSteps 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 Cloud App Security.