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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Envoy

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

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

Note

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

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

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Envoy 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 Envoy.

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

    In the Sign-on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://app.envoy.com/a/saml/auth/<company-ID-from-Envoy>

    Note

    The value is not real. Update the value with the actual Sign-On URL. Contact Envoy Client support team to get the value. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.

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

    Edit SAML Signing Certificate

  7. In the SAML Signing Certificate section, copy the Thumbprint Value and save it on your computer.

    Copy Thumbprint value

  8. On the Set up Envoy 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 Envoy.

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

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

  2. Go to Integrations > All integrations and click to Install SAML under Single sign-on.

    SAML Authentication

  3. Navigate to Enabled integrations section, and perform the following steps:

    Single sign-on

    Note

    The value for the HQ location ID is auto generated by the application.

    a. In Fingerprint textbox, paste the Thumbprint value of certificate.

    b. Paste Login URL value, which you have copied form the Azure portal into the IDENTITY PROVIDER HTTP SAML URL textbox.

    c. Click Save.

Create Envoy test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Envoy.

Envoy supports automatic user provisioning, which you can read about here on how to configure automatic user provisioning.

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 Envoy Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

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

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

Next steps

Once you configure Envoy 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.