Tutorial: Microsoft Entra integration with XaitPorter

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

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

Prerequisites

To configure Microsoft Entra integration with XaitPorter, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Entra environment, you can get a free account.
  • XaitPorter single sign-on enabled subscription.

Scenario description

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

  • XaitPorter supports SP initiated SSO.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with XaitPorter 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 XaitPorter.

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

    a. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.xaitporter.com

    b. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<SUBDOMAIN>.xaitporter.com/saml/login

    Note

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

  6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  7. Provide the IP address or the App Federation Metadata Url to the SmartRecruiters support team, so that XaitPorter can ensure that IP address is reachable from your XaitPorter instance configuring approved list at their side.

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 XaitPorter.

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

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

  2. Click on Admin.

    Screenshot shows Admin selected in the XaitPorter site.

  3. Select Manage Single Sign-On from the System Setup dropdown list.

    Screenshot shows Manage Single Sign-On selected from System Setup.

  4. In the MANAGE SINGLE SIGN-ON section, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot shows the MANAGE SINGLE SIGN-ON section where you can perform these steps.

    a. Select Enable Single Sign-On Authentication.

    b. In Identity Provider Settings textbox, paste App Federation Metadata Url which you have copied and click Fetch.

    c. Select Enable Autocreation of Users.

    d. Click OK.

Create XaitPorter test user

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

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

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure XaitPorter 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.