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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with 4me

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate 4me with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate 4me with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to 4me.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to 4me 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.
  • 4me 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.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with 4me 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 4me.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with 4me, complete the following building blocks:

  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 4me SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create 4me test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in 4me 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 > 4me > 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, enter the values for the following fields:

    a. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

    Environment URL
    PRODUCTION https://<SUBDOMAIN>.4me.com
    QA https://<SUBDOMAIN>.4me.qa

    b. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

    Environment URL
    PRODUCTION https://<SUBDOMAIN>.4me.com
    QA https://<SUBDOMAIN>.4me.qa

    Note

    These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Sign on URL and Identifier. Contact 4me Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

  6. 4me application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes.

    image

  7. In addition to above, 4me application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirements.

    Name Source Attribute
    first_name user.givenname
    last_name user.surname

  8. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Edit button to open SAML Signing Certificate dialog.

    Edit SAML Signing Certificate

  9. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, copy the THUMBPRINT and save it on your computer.

    Copy Thumbprint value

  10. On the Set up 4me 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 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 4me.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > 4me.
  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 4me SSO

  1. In a different web browser window, sign in to 4me as an Administrator.

  2. On the top left, click on Settings logo and on the left side bar click Single Sign-On.

    4me settings

  3. On the Single Sign-On page, perform the following steps:

    4me singleasignon

    a. Select the Enabled option.

    b. In the Remote logout URL textbox, paste the value of Logout URL, which you copied previously.

    c. Under SAML section, in the SAML SSO URL textbox, paste the value of Login URL, which you copied previously.

    d. In the Certificate fingerprint textbox, paste the THUMBPRINT value separated by a colon in duplets order (AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF:GG:HH:II), which you copied previously.

    e. Click Save.

Create 4me test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in 4me. 4me 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 4me, a new one is created after authentication.

Note

If you need to create a user manually, contact 4me support team.

Test SSO

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

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to 4me Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to 4me Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the 4me tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to 4me Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure 4me 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.